a puzzling particle chain: "ye quine"

[Frances Karttunen]

YE:QUENEH "finally, moreover"  This is to be found in Molina; e/i  
variation is common.


On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:54 PM, Wm Annis wrote:

> Even though I'm not too many chapters into Launey & Mackay,
> I've decided to tackle a few smaller texts.  I've always been fond
> of Aesop for beginning reading, and luckily there are Nahuatl
> translations available.  I'm getting my texts from two places,
>
>   * http://books.google.com/books?id=RtdVAAAAMAAJ (P.)
>   * http://www.amoxcalli.org.mx/paleografia.php?id=287 (ms.)
>
> I'm working mostly with the ms. version, using P. for occasional
> clarity.  Needless to say, both are providing quite the education
> in Nahuatl spelling habits.  My notes for the first fable I'm trying
> are here:
>
>   * http://lingweenie.org/nahuatl/esopo-2.pdf
>
> I am very puzzled by a particle chain (?) in line four, "Auh inic
> yexpan oquinamic ye quine mochicauh huel itlan onmiquani,
> ihuan oquinotz."  Right now I suspect "ye quine" (spelled
> "yequine" in P.) of being "ye quin-(y)eh."  Is that a reasonable
> interpretation?  And if so, what on earth does it mean?
>
> -- 
> William S. Annis
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