mohottah

[Tomas Amaya]

Tocnihuan!

I just want to make some contributions to the topic “mohotah”, with examples
taken from the nahuat of Cuetzalan. 

1.       I have never heard mohota. I have heard:

a.       moi-itah (meaning: they see each other)

b.      moihitah (meaning: they stare at each other (inquisitively))

2.       Moomotah (they see each other frequently ) e.g. moomotah
eheyitonaltica (they see each other every three days)

3.       Other examples of reduplication: 

a.       quiquequelohua: he tickles him

b.      quiquéhquelohua: he irritates, bothers (laugh at) him (e.g. yn
Tezcatlipoca techquehquelohua)

c.       quiteetetenehua: he mentions one person and then another (e.g.
describing what each person is doing)

d.      teetéhtenehua: he talks a lot (badly) about the people (e.g. the
neighbors)

 

4.       From the first time I read this “mohotah”, I related it with
“moihitah”.

Niamechyoltaatapalohua paaquiliztica, amo páapaquiliztica. Receive my
heartfelt “hello” not my flattering “hi”. 

 

Tomas Amaya

 

 

De: nahuatl-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:nahuatl-bounces at lists.famsi.org]
En nombre de Leeming, Ben
Enviado el: Miércoles, 12 de Mayo de 2010 09:07 a.m.
Para: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
Asunto: [Nahuat-l] mohottah

 

Piyali listeros,

Can anyone explain to me the process by which mo+(i)ttah (they look at each
other, see themselves) becomes mohottah?

On p. 90 of Andrews’ Workbook (1975 ed.), Ex. 38A, no. 3 he writes: Nepanotl
mohottah, and then on p. 195 gives the translation “They are staring at one
another mutually; i.e., They are staring at one another.”  On p. 445 of the
text, in the Vocabulary under (iTTA) he has “MO-(iTTA) = to look at oneself,
to see oneself.”  This is close to but not identical with mohottah. 

I have this sinking feeling that it’s something really obvious, but for
whatever reason I can’t account for that first h!!

Thank you!

Ben

Ben Leeming
Chair, History Department
The Rivers School
Weston, MA 02493
(781) 235-9300

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