Etymology of ilna:miqui and ilcahua.

[David L. Frye]

> ... "nit" must be a noun, but a noun that is extinct in the vocabulary
> of most speakers of modern English.  Although it still lives in
> "nitpicker", it is an obsolete morpheme in the English of most people
> today.

Joe must not have young kids, or if he does they must have escaped the
head lice that seem endemic in schools these days! Nitpicking? Been there,
done that.

btw, thanks for another fascinating exchange.

David Frye <dfrye at umich.edu>