dragonfly

[Frances Karttunen]

I know there is a word for dragonfly, and I can't think of it. As I  
recall, it is a compound noun.

Joe should be able to help.

Fran Karttunen


On Jun 2, 2014, at 8:24 AM, David Wright wrote:

> That's an interesting question, Michael. I looked through the bugs  
> in book
> 11 of the Florentine Codex and didn't see any dragonflies. Paul Wolf's
> comprehensive Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary doesn't have an entry for  
> the usual
> Spanish word, libélula, so I won't bother going through the other
> dictionaries. Perhaps the list members who speak Nahuatl as their  
> mother
> tongue can help us out, or perhaps Jonathan Amith, who evidently  
> has spent a
> lot of time learning how to talk about natural things in Nahuatl.
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: nahuatl-bounces at lists.famsi.org [mailto:nahuatl- 
> bounces at lists.famsi.org]
> En nombre de Michael McCafferty
> Enviado el: lunes, 2 de junio de 2014 06:52 a. m.
> Para: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
> Asunto: [Nahuat-l] dragonfly
>
> Can someone send me the term(s) for 'dragonfly'?
>
> tlaxtlahui
>
> Michael
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