quetzalteueyac

[Michael Mccafferty]

No. Meanings may change over time; therefore, one must be attuned
both to what a particular term meant in an earlier form of a language and
to what it means in a modern form. Also, of course, meanings can be
different from dialect to dialect. It all depends on what form of the
language you are examining.

Michael McCafferty


On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 War14655 at aol.com wrote:

> I've been told by Mexicah elders that the word means "beautiful" and
> "precious" and after all it's their language so regardless of what the old
> colonial texts want to assert, ultimately today's speakers determine what the
> word means.
>


Michael McCafferty