polite farewell forms
r. joe campbell
campbel at indiana.edu
Sat Jan 11 00:22:19 UTC 2003
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 anthony.appleyard at umist.ac.uk wrote:
> The intended meaning of Citlalyani is "star traveller", because I like
> space stories and I have written some (see
> http://www.buckrogers.demon.co.uk ).
> Is such a name appropriate?
> Should there be a sandhi changing the -ly- into -ll-?
>
Anthony,
Here is a list of some words from the Florentine Codex where that
sandhi fails to operate:
acalyacac. at the prow of a boat; in the prow of a boat.
acalyacac, im-. in the prow of their boat.
acolyac, i-. its wing-bend tip.
acolyacac, i-. its wing-bend tip; on its wing-bend tip; on the tip
of its wing-bend; tip of its wing-bend.
ahuilyecoznequi, tla-. they wish to perform negligently.
ahuilyez. it will be evil.
amatlapalyahualtic. round-winged, having round wings.
atlapalyo, i-. its leafiness, its leaves.
calyahualchihua, ni-. I make a round house.
calyahualli. round house.
calyahualoa, ni-. I make a house round.
calyahualquetza, ni-. I erect a round house.
calyollotl, ti-. you are the heart of the home.
camopalyayactic. dark brown.
capolyollotli. center of a cherry.
coxolyecacehuaztli. crested guan feather fan.
cuitlapilyac, i-. the point of its tail.
cuitlapilyahualtic. having a rounded tail.
cuitlaxcolyecti, te-. it soothed one's intestines; it soothed
someone's intestines.
cuitlaxcolyectia, te-. it soothes one's intestines.
cuitlaxcolyectiz, qui-. it will purge him.
hualyacan, quin-. he lead them.
huelyacahuan, to-. our leaders.
ixcamilyayactic. dark brown.
ixtlapalyayactic. dark-colored on the surface.
macpalyolloco, i-. in the palm of his hand.
macpalyollotli. middle of the palm of the hand.
macuelyeh. let it be soon.
macuilyohual. five nights.
nenepilyacahuitiauhca, to-. tip of our tongue.
nopalya. nopal patch.
omicicuilyacatl. end of rib; tip of rib.
palcamilyayactic, tla-. dark brown; dusky brown.
palyayactic, tla-. dark red.
quelyecoa, tla-. she works nonchalantly.
quelyecoani, tla-. one who performs reluctantly.
quelyecoznequi, tla-. they wish to perform reluctantly.
quetzalyacatl. down feather.
queztepolyac, to-. end of the head of our femur.
quilyayactic. dark green.
tecpilyollo. noble of heart.
texipalyamanca, to-. soft part of our lips.
tlalyohuaz. it will be destroyed.
tlatolyamanqui. soft-spoken.
tlatolyaotl. discord.
tlauhquecholyecacehuaztli. red spoonbill feather fan.
tlazolyaotl. contention.
tlilyayactic. dark.
tolyahualli. reed rest for an earthen jar.
totolyacaquiquintli. snuffling turkey.
xalyectia, ni-. I purify sand, I clean sand.
yolyamanqui. kind.
zacatlaxcalyayactic. dark yellow.
Best regards,
Joe
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