Crabs Re: Tegucigalpa

[Henry]

Listeros,

a couple of days ago I replied to Rafael in a similar sense, i.e. "crab" 
etymology. It seems, though I use the "reply to all" option, my posts 
don't make it to the list, only to the previous poster.
So I try again, adding that /tekwisi'tli/ seems to refer to fresh water 
crawfish, which in inland Honduras would certainly make sense.
It would be interesting to look at a list of place names with "crab" in 
them, as Karen mentions.

The disapperance of /k/ after /s/, or  k>ø / s_ wouldn't be a unique 
phenomenon, considering that some modern dialects in Guerrero, Morelos 
and Veracruz have developed the future plural suffix /-seh/ which 
historically comes from /-s/ FUT and /-keh/ PL.


Sân ômetsîn notomintsîn
Henry
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