from small bird to hummingbird

[Steffen Haurholm-Larsen]

Hi,

Actually, Molina has the form which Mr. Corti is referring to.

Vitzitzilin. cierto paxarito. (f. 157v)

So there does not seem to have been a change in that word in the form of a 
reduplication, at least not between "classical" náhuatl and the modern 
Hueyapan dialect that Magnus is referring to.

best regards, Steffen H.-Larsen


>From: "John F. Schwaller" <schwallr at morris.umn.edu>
>Reply-To: Nahua language and culture discussion <NAHUAT-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
>To: NAHUAT-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Fwd: Hoitzitziltototl
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 09:55:31 -0500
>
>I received this inquiry directly from Prof. Corti.
>
>I assume that this person is asking about huitziltototl or a hummingbird.  
>Is there some reason that the -tzi- would be reduplicated in the middle?
>
>
>
>>From: Elio Corti <eliocorti at summagallicana.it>
>>To: John F Schwaller <schwallr at morris.umn.edu>
>>Subject: Hoitzitziltototl
>>
>>Dear Mr Schwaller,
>>I do need, if possible, to identify a bird – Hoitzitziltototl – about 
>>which is speaking Bartolomeo Ambrosini in his Paralipomena (additions) to 
>>the works of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) dealing with animals.
>>
>>Albrosini's Paralipomena were published in 1642 in Latin and in the 
>>chapter of American small birds he writes that there are small 
>>multicolored birds called by Amerindians Hoitzitziltototl (the old text of 
>>this word is not too much clear), and these birds could be called by 
>>Europeans as "multicolored bird".
>
>
>John F. Schwaller
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