momik? mimik? (Insane, crazy, or kook customer?)

[mike gaby]

Jackie,
Don't unsubscribe yet.  I cannot begin to describe how much I have learned
just "listening-in". The knowlege collected in the minds on this list is
absolutely amazing, and if you are really interested in ancient Meso..
cultures you would do well to subscribe to Aztlan as well.  And feel free to
ask questions on subjects that interest you.  Maybe there is someone out
there just itching to share the same interests.  Calender and mysticism, eh?
Mike Gaby
San Diego


>From: "Meloche, Jackie" <jackie.meloche at ualberta.ca>
>Reply-To: nahuat-l at server.umt.edu
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
>Subject: RE: momik? mimik?  (Insane, crazy, or kook customer?)
>Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:27:15 -0600
>
>You people are all way ahead of me.  I have always been fascinated by
>Aztecs, but I don't have your expertise. I mostly study their culture and
>calendar and mysticism.
>  How do I get removed from the list?
>
>		-----Original Message-----
>		From:	Craig Berry [mailto:cberry at cinenet.net]
>		Sent:	Monday, October 18, 1999 11:12 AM
>		To:	Multiple recipients of list
>		Subject:	Re: momik? mimik?  (Insane, crazy, or kook
>customer?)
>
>		On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Matthew Montchalin wrote:
>
>		> Richard Haly wrote:
>		> | I dunno. Back when I worked at Chez Panisse, we called
>such people Los
>		> | Angelinos. But maybe the Nahuatlahto said something like
>"miquic" (a dead
>		> | person) implying that he did not belong in this world.
>		>
>		> Well, I quizzed him on it again today, and he said it's
>"mimiki" (however
>		> you spell that in Spanish; the second vowel seems long,
>and seems to bear
>		> the stress).  There is definitely an 'i' on the end,
>perhaps a long i.
>
>		Sounds like a distorted plural for "dead people" -- which
>seems
>		appropriate.
>
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