Fw: Edgar: doublets, bifrasismos, difrasismos

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

Andrews quotes many examples, including:-
- tli_lli tlapalli : it is black ink & it is color : it is writing.
- Anquimotequimacah in mi_xi_tl in tla_pa_tl : you-all diligently give
youself jimsonweed & Datura stramonium : you are alcoholics. [Here the
two nouns are synonyms.]
- mi_tl chi_malli : it is an arrow & it is a shield : it is war
- i_te_ntzon i_i_xcuahmo_l : it is his beard & it is his eyebrows : it
is his grandson or great grandson.
- Ti_zatl ihhuitl tictla_lia : You set down white clay & a feather :
You set a good example [or] You give good advice.
- Ca ahmo_ i_huiya_n ye_cca_n in petlapan in icpalpan : Upon the mat &
upon the seat [of authority] is indeed not in a calm place or in a good
place : Being a ruler is not easy.