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[Michael McCafferty]

Quoting Michael McCafferty <mmccaffe at indiana.edu>:

> Irene,
>
> Note that Mario in the first example has a pronunciation of the name
> that reflects a tl-dialect of Nahuatl whereas the second example
> reflects a t-dialect of Nahuatl.
>
> The name noted does not have the final -n of the term for 'star'.
> Without that /n/, the name sounds to me like "ground, earth, land' to
> me. something-tlalli.

Of course, in native Nahuatl, there would be vowel length and consonant 
length differences between (ci:)tlali and tla:lli.

Michael



> But that's the way it goes.
>
>
>
> Michael
>
>
> Quoting MICC2 <micc2 at cox.net>:
>
>> it SHOULD be zitlalli or citalli, but many Chicanos ,  for the sake
>> of being cool, have written it Xitlalli, even though that would
>>  be said as SHI-tlal -li, which is not correct........
>>
>> Mario
>>
>> I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:
>>
>> "Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz
>>
>>
>> Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
>> www.mexicayotl.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/7/2010 11:29 AM, Irene Padilla wrote:
>>>
>>> Good Morning Listeros
>>> I'm in need of some help. I know this might be unusual but i am
>>> looking for a Nahua name for a lil' girl
>>>
>>> Is it CITLALI or XITLALLI?
>>> What is the correct pronunciation? and meaning? star?
>>> Thank you all for the quick lesson
>>> ~Irene
>>>
>>>
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