Friday, 25 July 2014
Zand-Avesta
Zand(Ahuitlan/Avestan)=z/tza(la)nd/tli=tzalantli(N)=throat/
neck/cañada,=in-terpret(E)=in tepetl(N)=la montaña.
(Avestan)=Avesta(Ave)=praise,=Auitlan(N)=water/harvest land,=
auitl(N)=aunt=older sister of sunTony,=Quiahuitl(N/19Tona)=
=h/a(r)ui(s)t/l=harvest,=abestag(MPers)=auetlacatl(N)=way
waterbody=1.tlacatl(N)=t/larch/catl=larch(Larix Pinaceae)=
deciduous conifer, dominant in boreal forests of Rus/Can/Swe.
2.aueuetilia/oaueuetili(N)=compare oneself to ahuehuetl(N)=
water drum/bald cypress/coniferous Taxodium distichum.
sabot
(E)=shoe/dinghy(E)=dingi(Hindi)=tiqui(N)=quin(N/adv)=
following/after/only,=zabra(sp)=small coasting vessel,
=z/tzapa(N)=dwarf(E)=d/t/tza(r)p/f=tzapatl(N)=zapato(sp).
awry
(N)=askew(E)=cueitl(N/root)=skirt,=eschew(E),=wry(E)=
wrigian(OE)=wrigia(OFris)=wriggle(E)=w(r)ick/le=
wrinkle(E)=wick(E)=uic(N/root)=uictli(N)=shovel,=
uica(N/verb))=vicar(E).
awn
(E)=beard of grain,=agn(ON/Sw)=aegnan(lateOE)=chaff,=
agana(OHG)=ahana(Goth)=agna(OLat)=ear of corn,=akhne(Gk)=
chaff,=akúotas(Lith)=Acatl(N/13 Tona)=caña(sp)=cane(E).
Sunday, 20 July 2014
daan
danaan=(Tagalog)=path/way/road,=d/tlan(N)=locative
tlalli(N)=land,=proto-Philippine/proto-Malay Polynesian=zalan=tzalan/tzalantli(Nauatl)=between/sala(sp). verb=daan. past=nagdaan.
present=nagdaraan. future=daraan/daanin/daraanin. numeral=daan=(cardinal)100.
Navajo alt. form=da. pronunciation=tá:n. daan(Nav)=spring(season),=tlan(N/locative)=between/with=
tlantli(N)=tooth(E)=antler(E)=tl/t/th/hand/tli=hand(E).
Saturday, 19 July 2014
crew
(E)=military aid(archaic xv),=armed company xvi,=ship's
company xvii,=crue(OFr)=creue(Fr)=augment=cresere(Lat)=
increase(E)=crecer(sp)=c(r)e cel/r=cecelia(N)=refresh.
screw
(E)=boring part of gimlet(also a drink)/unsound
horse/salary/turnkey,=escroue(OFr)=ecrou(Fr)=
schraube(G)=schruve(Du)=scrofa(Lat)=sow/female
screw=pi/tzotl(N)=pig/sow(E),=s/c(r)opa/fa=scrofula
=copina(N)=take one thing from another/extract/
model/copy(E)=kroptugr(ON)=carve/craft(E),=
écrou(Fr)=é/c(r)o/u/v/b/p=cop/ina(Naua).
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Ogham
(Irish)=Ogam(OIr)=early Irish medieval alphabet,=Ocam(N)=
ocamapacac/camapaca(N)=mouthwash,=Nite-camapaca(N)=serve
as buccal/boca(sp)=mouth page,=camatl(N)=mouth,=
c/grammar/tl(N/E),=paca/opac(N)=wash sheets.
mediocre
(E)=middling quality(E)=qualli(N)=eatable,=quaqualli(N)=
excellent,=qua(N)=eat,=quaff(E),=mid(E)=mettle(E)=
metl(N)=maguey plant,=mëd(R)=mead(E),=ocre(E/part)=
ocelix(N)=celia(N)=ocre/ochre(sp/E)=revive=tlauitl(N)
=dawn/dew Dravidian=tlauiz(N)=Lawis/Lewis(Isle),=
ocris=rugged/mountain,=ukar(Umbrian)=citadel/mt.,=
ocalli(N)=street,=otli calli(N)=road/house,=occalli(N)=wine cellar/storehouse/bodega(sp),=octli calli(N), not that either. okris(Gk)=point/
rough,=ochair(Irish)=ochr(W)=edge, =oquich(N/pfx)=man/macho(sp)=male,=oquichpil(N)=
diminutive man/wit,=oquichiua(N)=endure/achieve by valor=
oquichtiliztli(N)=bravery,=oquichtilia(N)=support,
o(r)chid/orchidectomy(E)=Quechua(Incan)=Oquich ua(N)=
man(hood) owners. Greek okris=oquis(Mex)=oquich(N)
mixed with acro(Gk/pfx)=shoulder blade,=acolli(N).
refers not to oquich/man, but wine=oinos(Gk)=o(ctl)i=octli(N)=
meadwine=metl octli(N)=met(i)octli(N)=mediocr/tli.
Monday, 14 July 2014
basaran
(Basko=Basque)=aran/aranon(sp)=sloe/sloe tree,=Aran="Sun of the West",=Arainn(Gael)=largest island
in Aran Islands,=Atl tlaini(Nauatl)=Water drinker(E)=i(N)=dr-i(N)k,=A/t//l/rain(N)= tl/drainage(E)subterranean. karst islands, Neander habitat, of grikes&clints=lintels(E)=titla(N)=slabs between grikes=creek(E)= crique(OFr)=krik(Swe)=kriki(ON)=chink/nook,=tzicuiltic(N/adj)=thin/dry/weak,=t/z/s/c/grik/qu/cu.
Oileáin Árann(Irish)=Olinia Atlatlaini(N)=Boiling/moving/revolving/trembling/agitating Water Drainer,=Burren(Great(karst)Rock)=Boireann=Boirinn(dative)=
olinia(N)=boilin'(E). Aranjuez(sp)=naranga(Skrt)=narang(Pers)=
naranj(Arab)=auranj(OProvanz)=orange(E)=sloe(E) judge/juez,=
slah(OE)=liiw(W)=li(Irish)=color=liver/livid(E)=l/tip/vid/tl=
tepetl(N)=temple/tepe(mideast/mt.)=tepeua(N)=sle/sli(LG)=
slee(Du)=s)l/te(p)e,=fruit of Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa,=
tepetomatl(N/root)=madroño, the strawberry tree,=Madrid,
capital of Spain, Iberia=Llewelyn(W)=Beira(Gael)=iueli(N).
Sunday, 13 July 2014
baseliza
(Basque)=small church=eliza(B)in the mountains, basa(B/prfx)=wild/rustic/primitive.
basatxakur(B)=wild dog=basa(B)/base(E)=bottom/paca xaqaloa(N)=txakur(B)=
cur(E)=shag(E)=shagal(Pers)=chacal(Turk)=jackal(E). baso(B)=forest/wild place=glass=vaso(sp). basko(B)=Basque.
eliza(B)=church/temple/christian assembly,=celia/oceliz(N)=
blossom/revive,=celia/oceli(N)=receive/accept. basilica(E)/basiliké(Lat/Gk)=basilikós(Gk)=royal,=basileus(Gk)=
king,=vacilar(sp)=swing and sway, vacio(sp)=vast(E),=
empty(E)=eptli(N)=concha(sp).
kimatu
(Basque/verb)=prune(E)=proyne/pruyne(ME)=poyaui(N)=
clear/remove/despejarse(sp), speaking of cloud,=
poyoy(Mayan)=skunk.
kima(B)=bud,=kima(B)=mane on
horse,=crin(sp)=mane,=kimaketa(B)=twig trimming,=
kimatsu(B)=full of buds,=cima/kima tzu/tzocatl(N)=
cima/ocin(N/root)=prepare penca of maguey/agave=
aga/ue(Gk/N)=Acatl ue(N)=cane way=Acatl(N/13 Tona)
=solar rule sign,=aga(Arab)=water/cane owner,=
Ahauh=Tzolk'in/20.Water Lord=20.Flower/Tonalamatl.
sima(OE)=sime(OSax)=simo(ON)=rope,=cima(N)=sima(Finn)
=mead(E)=mëd(R)=miel(sp)=metl(N)=maguey Century plant.
Saturday, 12 July 2014
silent
(E)=silens/silere(Lat)=be silent,=s/sh/xilé(N/root)=
sillín(sp)=silla(sp)=chair(E)=ch/c/grail(E)=
gr/Cailleach(Gael)=cauitl(N)=time,=c/gravity(E)=Síle
(Irish)=hag/tlaca(N)=body,=Xilo(N)=red corn deity,=
silage/silo(E/sp/Fr)=Xilonenetl(N)=corn dolly
(Cailleach)=nenetl(N)=vulva/idol/doll=Nenets(R/deer tribe)
=xillantli(Nauatl)=abdomen/foetus.
Spanish birthing chair, sillín/taburete de parto=3-legged stool of 5 pieces: 1.carved cross-plank with
2 raised handholds,2/3/4.legs, 2 in front(tips easy),
5.long,thin,carved back with top handhold.
sloe
(E)=(fruit of)the blackthorn,=sla(OE)=sle(MLg/MDu)=
sle/sli(LG)=slee(Du)=sleha/slewa(OHG)=sla/n(Swe)=
slaa/en(Dane)=lliw(Wales)=li(Irish)=color,=sliva(OSlav/R)=
plum,=tleco(N/root), cf., previous post: slay/sley, this blog.
slay/sley
(E/2)=instrument for beating up the weft,=slegé(OE)=
slegi(OSax)=s/tleco(N)=leg/raise/trek/lex(Lat)/ley(sp).
slow
(E)=slough(E/1)=soft mud,=slough(E/2)=skin shed by snake,
=sough(E)=rush/murmur of the(laden)sea(tree),=
tsunami(J)=tidalwave,=marriage/namiqui(of)tzotl/mud=soul(E)=
s/z/tzotl(N/root)=sweat/dirt/filth,=sod/sot/soil/zud(Mongol)=
tz/mud(E),=pitzotl(N)=mudpicker,=pig(E),=tzopilotl(N)=
garbage pilot,=buzzard.
Friday, 11 July 2014
fungo
(Baseball/Softball)=slender, flexible bat for hitting practice flies and grounders out of hand to fielders warming up, also rotation game in which successful fielder takes his place as fungor(Lat)=
perform/execute/administer,=function(E).
omusubi
(J)=rice balls w/umeboshi(J)=pickled apricot/shriveled old
lady=boshi(J)=mother&child,=potli(N)=both,=ume(J)=japanese apricot/tree/blossom,=ome(Nauatl)=2=ome potli(N). prunus
spinosa/sloe(E)=slah(OE)=sliwa(W.Slav/Pol)=sl/tleco(N)=slay
(E/2)=slege(OE)=slegi(OSax)=instrument for beating up weft.
often grafted together as husband&wife tree=sloe/blackthorn.
umeboshi(J)=mother&child tree=ume(J),=ome(N)=2 portraits.
slege(OE)=slegi(OSax)=sledge/sleigh/slay(E)=tleco(N/root).
Aranjuez
(Sp/Royal Estate)=naranja(Sp)=naranj(Arab)=narang(Pers.)=
naranga(Skrt)=n/tzalan ca(N)=between being,=tzallantli(N)=
alley/row/canyon.
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
beaver
(E)=river rodent,=bever(MDu)=b/iuel=iueli(N/root)=river(E)=
biber(G)=b/iu/v/bel/r=fiber(Lat)=f/ib/v/uel/r=iueli(N/adv)=
powerful Llewelyn(W), the beaver.
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
zeugma
(E)=verb applied to 2 or more words same sentence(E)=
cententli(N)=ce(n)tentli(N)=one word/lip,=
zeúgma(Lat/Gk)=zugón(Gk)=yoke(E)=yocatl/yucatl(N)=
wealth/chattel(cattle)/inheritance.
syllepsis
(E)=verb-link/verb blink to more than one word in same sentence, e.g., "Vegetarianism is harmless
enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness."(Robert Hutchinson,
address to BMA, 1930),=syllepsis(lateLat)=
sullepsis(Gk)=sun(Gk)=along with,=cen(N/adv)=together,
lepsis(Gk)=lep/lap(Gk)=lambánein(Gk)=take,=tlapa(N)=trap(E)=tla(m)b(N/Gk).
sycosis
(E)=ulcer resembling a fig,=sykosis/sukosis(Gk)=
sukon(Gk)=fig,=s/z/tzocatl(N)=socket/suck/sugar(E).
Friday, 4 July 2014
twitch
(E/dialect 1795)=couch grass, to clean land of fox-tail, formerly, quitch(E)=quiquixtia(N)=freq. of quixtia(Nauatl)=nite-quixtia=
dispatch/exile/desterrar á alguien,=nitla-quixtia(N)=sacar algo,
clear,=quiza(N)=squeeze(out).
dolly&betty
washing copper or dolly tub/toptli(N)=idol(E)=dolly was the stirrer with 2 arms, 2 feet, and
the betty, the helper,=
Bet=Elizabet=rustic or homely woman, or, man who occupies himself with
women's tasks,=betty(cant)=short crowbar,=
b/petla(Nauatl)=throw,=petra(Lat)=Pyotr(R)=Peter=
Pedro(sp)=piedra(sp).
pightle
(ME/dial.)=a close or croft/enclosure,=pitzotl(N)=pig/sow(E),
=pi(N)/pick(E), mud/tzotl(N)=tz/mud(E),=zud(Mongol),=sod(E).
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
tripe
(E)=stomach of an ox,=trifle(N)=of little value?,=
treif/tref(Yiddish)=truffle(E/Fr)=edible fungus,=
trouble(E)=tuber/tubera(Lat/plural)=toptli(N/root)=
idol/wrap,=tub/tob(Egy)=attob(Arab)=adobe(sp)=
Ljubljana(Slovenia)=Lubyanka(R)=square(brick)=lubya
(Arab)=bean,=alubia(sp)=Fr. bean,=lyubov(R)=love(E)
=lob=lobia(medLat)=toptia(N)=obey(E)=tohopa(OE)=hope
=Hopi(Amerind tribe).
January
...(E)=first month,=Jan-/Juan=uan(N)=owns4=yani(N)=pilgrim, -uary=uallauh(N)=arr/ll/ives.
Ivan(R)=Ian(Gaelic)=año(sp)/per annum(Lat)=by year(E)=yar(OFrisian/OSax/OHG)=jaar(Du)=
ar(ON)=jara(OSlav)=jary(Pol)=jari(Serb)=yaliztica(N/adv)=going=yaliztli(N)=going=yauh(N)=go.
.....co-operation by Tlapatlapalli(N)/Redwing.
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