Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

[Leonel Hermida]

I'm afraid "ecole! ecole cua!"  has nothing to do with Nahuatl.
It is pure Italian "ecco li qua" and means 'here they are' or
'here it is'.
Were there any immigrants from Italy at 'Amozoc, Puebla'?

Regards,

Leonel

-----Original Message-----
From: micc <micc at home.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin


Since we are onto interesting derivations here's one that has been
bugging me for decades:

My grandmothers family was from Amozoc, Puebla,  I believe a nahuatl
speaking area.

She used to always say "ecole! ecole cua!"  we we might say "right On!
that's it!!!"
Since I am a unrepented Chilango, living in Aztlan, I have mucha familia
in el D.F., as well as friends. occasionally this phrase pops out, but
no one can tell me where it is derived...

any takers?........

John Sullivan Hendricks wrote:
>
> Two interesting Mexican Spanish words that are from Nahuatl
>         1. chamaco(a), from ixamanca, its sprout or bud (of a plant)
>         2. cuelele (with an accent over the first "e", meaning  "hurry up").
This
> is very strange because it is a Spanish command with no other conjugated
> forms (it doesn't come from "colar"), and it is derived from the nahuatl
> "cueleh", "quickly".
>
>         John Sullivan
>         Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: nahuat-l at server.umt.edu [mailto:nahuat-l at server.umt.edu]En nombre de
> John F. Schwaller
> Enviado el: Martes, 30 de Noviembre de 1999 09:30 a.m.
> Para: Multiple recipients of list
> Asunto: Re: Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin
>
> Joe's list is a very good one.  One Spanish word missing is
>
> tiza (chalk) from tizatl (white stone)
>
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