Cuacha

[micc2]

No but maybe it is not a Nahuatl derivative?

Matthew Montchalin wrote:

>micc2 wrote:
>|"If you have studied Classical Latin, you naturally know about stercus
>|and fimum, neither of which have the slightest similarity to the Spanish
>|'caca.'"
>|
>|However we do use the word "estierco"  for cow manure.
>
>Ah, good to learn that.  (Certo alienus vel ignarus hispanicae linguae
>sum, nimirum Hispanicam nescio.)
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>But can you suggest an etymology for kwacha?  I am grasping at straws
>when I suggest things like Latin quatio (or its frequentative form
>quasso).  I would only observe that the consonant found in the middle
>can shift a little, as if palatalizing, perhaps even turn into ch.
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