Ethimology of ilna:miqui and ilcahua.

[Richard Haly]

My own ethnographic work seems to indicate that the il- on ilnamiqui etc is
derived from elli liver and source of emotions. People have described the
relationship between heart and liver (seat of memory and emotional
motivation) by interlacing their fingertips in front of their chest.

Richard Haly

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>From: Mark Morris <mdmorris at indiana.edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
>Subject: Re: Ethimology of ilna:miqui and ilcahua.
>Date: Wed, Aug 11, 1999, 12:25
>

> A quick note now until more knowledgeable others respond.  Il-,  I learned
> from R. Joe Campbell, represents breath/mental energy, but does not appear as
> a separate morpheme or "word."  In addition to ilna:miqui and ilca:hua there
> is iltequi which is something like to sip a hot bowl of soup.  How this might
> compare to ihiyotl I am ignorant.  Mark