translation nahuatl

Michael Mccafferty mmccaffe at indiana.edu
Wed Jan 3 11:48:31 UTC 2001


Dave,

This sort of list bespeaks a need to get a book. But here are most of your
request.



On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Davius Sanctex wrote:

> Can someone to give nahuatl equivalents
> of the following english words:
>
> -skin: ehuatl (same as "bark"...unless you mean what a dog does)
> -knee: tlancuaitl
> -liver: elli
> -bone: omitl
> -claw: cuacuahtli
> -horn: I don't know.
> -tail: I forget off hand
> -fat(greasy substance): in Proto-Algonquian /pemi/
> -bark: see "skin"
> -seed: I don't know
> -ashes: nextli
> -green: xoxoctic
> -yellow: coztic
> -dry: huaqui
> -full: It kinda depends on what you're talking about. So, I can't help
you at this point.


MIchael

Michael McCafferty



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