Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

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Nana is a reduplicative of nantli "mother.   Citli is grandmother in
nahuatl.

tata is a "	"	" ta'tli "father".    Coltzin (the honorable curved one)
is grandfather in Nahuatl



Juergen Stowasser wrote:
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> some comments to "tetzcatlipoca`s list":
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> - i´m not sure in the etxymology of  "nana" (the "diccionario nauatl-espagnol" del
> instituto mexiquense 1994 mentions also "nanatli" as a  nahuatl term for
> grandmother) but i think i can remember that i´ve heard also ppl from southamerica
> using the word - so maybe its of spanish origin (i hope that some native speakers
> from spain or southamerica could clear this up?!)
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>                                         con saludos cordiales, juergen stowasser