Sneeze

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Fritz,
        The a/e variation is not a problem, because this is common in many 
words between dialects: cuepa/cuapa, miyac/miyec, àacatl/èecatl, etc.
        As you know, the ç/z/c, ch, x, tz were confused by many writers of 
nahuatl in the colonial period and continue to be confused today. Both 
dialects of Huastecan nahuatl that I work with (western and eastern) 
use "acuexoa" for "to sneeze", so I would opt for the "x".
John

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On Feb 9, 2004, at 10:33 AM, John F. Schwaller wrote:

> In the Informantes de Sahagun text "Augurios y abusiones" translated by
> Alfredo Lopez Austin, a sneeze is given as "acucholiztli" and to 
> sneeze is
> "acuchoa"  On the other hand Molina gives "ecuxoliztli" as a sneeze and
> "ecuxoa" as to sneeze.  Quite simply, who's more accurate?
>
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