Understanding of a folk etymology

Jesse Lovegren lovegren at buffalo.edu
Thu Apr 23 21:02:46 UTC 2009


Servant à désigner les cinq jours complémentaires de l'année (Clav., Sah.).

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 2:09 PM, micc2 <micc2 at cox.net> wrote:

>  In a yahoo group dedicated to Aztec dancers, I saw this:  *[ConsejoQuetzalcoat
> l] NEMONTEMI means "what has been lived, to complete"
>
> *
>
> *can anyone tell me what the generally accepted meaning of this word is,
> and how a definitition of the end of the yeara could be seen as **"what
> has been lived, to complete"?
> *
>
> *
> Thanks in advanced!***
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> I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:
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> "Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz
>
>
> Mario E. Aguilar, PhDwww.mexicayotl.org
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