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<br><font size=2><tt> In the modern dialects that I'm familiar
with, 'quimichin' is used for<br>
"mouse" and 'quimich-ilama(tl)' is used for "rat".
(ilamatl = old woman)<br>
This is in villages where the folk-zoology classifies 'raton' "mouse"
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'rata' "rat" as the male and female of the same species.<br>
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My recollection is that Molina didn't really give a word for "rat".
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did have:<br>
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atozan. cierto animalejo como rata.<br>
chachahuatl. liron, o cierto animal como rata.<br>
tozan. topo, animal o rata. [gopher]<br>
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cuitlapilhueyac. raton.<br>
huezacotl. raton.<br>
quimichin. raton.<br>
quimichpil. ratoncillo.<br>
quimichton. ratoncillo.<br>
tetzauhquimichin. sorze, raton pequen~o.<br>
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Joe<br>
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Geoff Davis wrote:<br>
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> > isn't quimichin a mouse????<br>
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> Yep. But its the closest I could find. It could be my overall
lack<br>
> of experience, but, I was able to find several Nahuatl tutorials on<br>
> the 'net that seem to indicate quimichin could also be translated<br>
> as "rat". If there is a better word, please do let
me know. I'm<br>
> still very much the newbie.<br>
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> -Geoff<br>
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