PIPILA

[mike gaby]

Would that then mean that the "Pipil" people of Nicaragua are named the
noble ones (or something like that)?
Thanks,
Mike Gaby


>From: karttu at nantucket.net (Frances Karttunen)
>Reply-To: nahuat-l at server.umt.edu
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nahuat-l at server.umt.edu>
>Subject: Re: PIPILA
>Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 05:33:23 -0600
>
> >Horacio Liedo wrote:
> >
> >> Hola Listeros:
> >>
> >> Can anybody there write me what does PIPILA means in Nahuatl or
>Tarasco,
> >> please?
> >> Thank you in advance
> >> Saludos
> >> Horacio Liedo
> >
> >Tijuana, B. C., 8 de septiembre de 1999.
> >
> >Guajolote (turkey)
> >
> >Jorge de Buen U.
> >bardahl at infosel.net.mx
> >Tijuana, M=C8xico
>
>
>Eh?
>
>I think we are dealing here with the Nahuatl place name Pipillan <
>pipil+tla=
>n.
>
>The pipiltin (pi:pil-tin) were the nobility.  The placename would probably
>refer to a place with palaces.
>
>=46ran
>
>

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