Nahuatl names...

[R. Joe Campbell]

Ceciliahtzin,
   "-cel" is a postposition in Nahuatl.  Postpositions have a function in
Nahuatl very much like that of prepositions in Spanish and English and
they take possessive prefixes.

   nocel    by myself           tocel    by ourselves
   mocel    by yourself         amocel   by y'all's selves >8-)
   icel     by him/herself      incel    by themselves

   I've never seen one of these words used as a name for a person, but if
one were used as a name, it wouldn't need to be distinguished for gender.

Joe

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 CHIKANOZ at aol.com wrote:

> Does anyone know if the name "Izel" is nahuatl or mayan?  Also, is it a girls
> name or can it be used for a male as well?  AND does it mean "unique"?
> Does anyone know where I can find some interesting nahuatl names for a boy?
> Or book recommendations with names?
> Thanks so much,
> cecilia
>