Nahuatl Digest, Vol 162, Issue 4

[Magnus Pharao Hansen]

In Hueyapan Nahuatl the words are:
xipotetl - "fool/stupid person"
kwekwetl - "crazy/exaggerated/manic/out of line person"
kwananakatl - "sluggish/forgetful/distraught/drugged person"

Magnus



>   1. 'Crazy' and the like in Nahuatl (Gordon Whittaker)
>   2. Nahuatl words for "crazy" / "loco" (John B Carlson)
>      (Rafael Benavides)
>   3. Re: Nahuatl in public schools today (ANTHONY APPLEYARD)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Gordon Whittaker" <gwhitta at gwdg.de>
> To: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:42:44 +0100 (CET)
> Subject: [Nahuat-l] 'Crazy' and the like in Nahuatl
> Hi John,
>
> Xolopi'tli (~ xolopihtli) 'idiot, fool' covers the ground quite nicely. My
> students enjoy calling each other that, at least. You can find the term in
> Frances Karttunen's Analytical Dictionary. For 'crazy' there's a
> (Zacapoaxtla) dialect term cua:(yo:l)quepi. Then there's Classical Nahuatl
> i:xtepetla for someone stupid, an ignoramus. Classical te:huetzqui:ti' is
> 'buffoon, joker'.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Best,
> Gordon
>
>
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