Monday, 21 January 2013
Ñañu
(Ññ)=Otomitl.
1.ximhai(Ññ)=mainland/world,=xim/chi(J)=tlalchi(N)=on earth/land,
=hai/tlaini(N)=cultivator.
2.hai(Ññ)=mainland, soil, land,=tlalli/tlaini(N)=earth/cutlivator.
3.ñutsi(Ññ)=cave,=Otzi(Tyrol)=oztotl(N)=cave.
4.ni/nidi(Ññ)=valley,=nete/cayan(N)=hiding place,=mo-teca=gather.
5.Otomi=oton/tomi(N)=open/undo,=otoño(sp)=otome(J)=maiden,=otona(J)=adult,=
Tonatiuh(N)=sun.
nenthe/nengi/nani/nanthe(Ññ)=shore,=n/tentli(N)=lip/edge,Athens/Atena(sp)=by the water/Atl(N/9 Tonalamatl). nani/nanthe(ÑN)=
Nantucket=Nantli tzocatl(N)=mother socket, or, socket edge, if (a=e=nen/
tentli), nantli(E)=mother is more than plausible as man has always believed the
ocean to be mother=motla(N)=montaña(sp). nana(N)=ana(N/verb)=increase/grand(E).
...xotha(Ññ)=cliff,=xotla(N/verb)=cut wood, cloth,=shoot(E)=xotl(N)=foot
=potli(N)=boot(E/Germ)=shoe(E)=joder(sp/verb)=step on,=xodeet(Russile)=
come and go(on foot, but now, any conveyance).
...dazabi(Ññ)=sea/ocean,=d/t/laza pi/opic(N)=pick,=tlaza-pi(N)=throw
down pick=beach comb? or, pi/opic(N)=pixca(N)=harvest,=pesca(sp)=fishing.
...(d/t/la)zabi(Ññ)=bay, lake=l/t/laca(N)=body.
...fugi(Ññ)=foam(E)=f/pom(Mayan)=fume(E)=fumar(sp)=plume(E)=spume(E)=
fugi(Japanese)=immorality, injustice; child out of wedlock,
=poctli/puctli(N)=smoke/humo(sp)=fuchi(Spamex)=ugh, yuck, dirty.
...cf., Chalcatzingo, Excavations of the Olmec Frontier, David. C. Grove, Thames and Hudson, 1984.
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ReplyDelete...tlaca(N)/body is used for everything from larch
ReplyDeleteto lark, just as its twin, tlapa/trap, is used from drake to lamp. when you squiggle around with these
2 major Nauatl words you get the idea of how Letra works, from draper to track, from rasp to rack.
...details are important if they help assign a root
to a wordstring. our ancestors didn't have the benefit of science as we know it, but it didn't stop them from naming what they saw, e.g., good on
tamati tlaca tamar/t/lac/a=tamaño(sp)=size, probably given the tama for its size, big tamed(E)
everything in the old days.