Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

[micc]

It is interesting that an italian phrase made it into what normally
would be "lower" income communities,villages, and towns!  You would
think that onlyt the "cosmopolitan"
Chilangos (like myself!) would use a "foreign" phrase. Like to day my
cousins use

cio!
Oki dohki!

radical vato........




Salvador Calderón wrote:
>
> Ecole! Ecole cua!
> My father also uses it all the time.He's from Michoacan, raised in Veracruz
> and lives in Mexico City since 12 years old.
> I think everybody uses it.
>
> Salvador Calderon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: micc <micc at home.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin
>
> > thanks!!! Fianlly I know.  It is interesting that my friends from a very
> > "Mexican" barrio of Santa Cruz de Atenco, in Tacuba, use this phrase a
> > lot!!!!!
> >
> > Leonel Hermida wrote:
> > >
> > > 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)
> > > >
> > > > John Frederick Schwaller
> schwallr at selway.umt.edu
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> > > >                           http://www.umt.edu/history/NAHUATL/
> >