Nahua

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

--- Cindy Williams Gutierrez <cindy at grito-poetry.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if the Nahuas referred to themselves as "Nahua" or
> just as
> individual tribes (e.g., Mexica, Acolhua, etc.).  Does the term
> "Nahua'
> originate from the fact that the tribes in the central valley of
> Mexico all
> spoke Nahuatl?  Does the word "Nahua" mean anything in Nahuatl?

>>From Frances Karttunen's dictionary:

na_hua-tl = someone who makes an agreeable sound, someone who speaks my
language

na_huatlahto_l-li = the Nahuatl language

na_huatla_cah (plural) = the Nahuatl-speaking nation

The root *na_hua- seems to basically mean "audible", "intelligible",
"clear".

Citlalyani

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