yomoni, ixyoyomoni; atzcalli

[Michael McCafferty]

Quoting Gordon Whittaker <gwhitta at gwdg.de>:

> Dear Nahua(tl at lists.famsi.org)tlaca,
>
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>
> Term 2: Another elusive form is the Florentine Codex's <atzcalli> (a kind
> of shell). I presume a compound of a:- 'water', and a verbal element with
> subsequent syncope of *tzical-. Has anyone seen or heard evidence for the
> length of the initial vowel? Thanks again for any tips.


Gordon,

Could this be a:tl + tzictli + ca:lli? -> a:tzicca:lli -> a:tzica:lli

A shell is such a nice ca:lli.


Michael




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