Cuacha

[micc2]

..."

As you seem to be implying, a host of European-sounding words don't match
up, where else should one go to find an alternative?..."

I would imaging that any self respecting Criollo or peninsular would not use "slang" even if it were derived from latin.
So where does that lead us?

Maybe any number of indigenous languages?  African languages brought by slaves?

the possibilities are endless and exciting.

Several years ago we had an interesting and informative discussion on the use of "ecole ecua" in Central Mexico....

turns out it is Italian!!!!

mario


Matthew Montchalin wrote:

>micc2 top-posted:
>|No but maybe it is not a Nahuatl derivative?
>|
>|Matthew Montchalin wrote:
>|
>|>micc2 wrote:
>|>|"If you have studied Classical Latin, you naturally know about stercus
>|>|and fimum, neither of which have the slightest similarity to the Spanish
>|>|'caca.'"
>|>|
>|>|However we do use the word "estierco"  for cow manure.
>|>
>|>Ah, good to learn that.  (Certo alienus vel ignarus hispanicae linguae
>|>sum, nimirum Hispanicam nescio.)
>|>
>|>But can you suggest an etymology for kwacha?  I am grasping at straws
>|>when I suggest things like Latin quatio (or its frequentative form
>|>quasso).  I would only observe that the consonant found in the middle
>|>can shift a little, as if palatalizing, perhaps even turn into ch.
>
>And how would an objective person go about finding out whether kwacha
>or kwacho is of a native Nawatl origin, short of examining the leads
>where one finds them?  I suggested the Latin participle quasso because
>it sounds kind of like kwacho, especially if something happens to the
>double 's' in the middle.
>
>As you seem to be implying, a host of European-sounding words don't match
>up, where else should one go to find an alternative?
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