Nahuatl

[Frances Karttunen]

On Dec 1, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Owen Thomas wrote:

> Frances and listeros,
>
> Your Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl is an excellent source for  
> entering into study of the variations of theme on a sound. I  
> recommend it to any who has interest in 'NAHUA-TL. There are many  
> more words very similar in your dictionary., such as 'NAHUALIZ- 
> TLI', translated by you as 'sorcery'.
>
> I find this very curious in conjunction with the popular books by  
> Carlos Castaneda that concentrate on the mysterious figure of a  
> Mexican magician called  'the nagual'.  Is htere anyone who has  
> researched the history of various uses in this family of sounds?
>


I have never been sure whether the na:hual- stem having to do with  
sorcery and stealth is derived from the same source as the na:hua-  
stem of adjacency, audibility, clarity of sound (na:huac, na:huati,  
na:huatl).

Fran
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