Tuesday, 4 February 2014

marabou

...(e)=large stork/heron of W.Africa,=marababout(Fr/Pg)= murabit(Arab)=mrabt(Arab)=holy, as the stork is said to be,= m/tlapatl(Nauatl)=the castor bean tree, used in Border Cave S.Africa as hunting poison, 45k BCE,=arabaitan(OHG)=arbeit(G)= rabotat'(R)=rabo(sp),=tail(E),=tzintli(N)=saintly (E),= trabajo(sp)=travail(Fr)=apple(E)=Aplu(Etruscan)=Apollo(Gk).

dam

...barrier checking water,=dam/dik(Scand.)= tamati/tamachiua(N)=tamaño(sp)=size,/=ticitl(N)= doctor/midwife(of water/atl),=tame(E)=dame(E)=female parent/lady,=dam(E)=mother horse.

dahlia

...(E)=genus of showy composite plants, 1791, in honor of Andreas Dahl, Swedish botanist, pupil of Linnaeus,= tlalli(N)=land(E)/earth,=tlallo(N)=servant/slave, he who is subject to earth/land(E)= tlantli(N)=tooth/antler(E)/hand(E), plural=tlalloque(N).

Monday, 3 February 2014

hefty

...(E)=weighty, of weaving origin,=weft/weave, as Onions has it, p434, after mistaking rhyme, cleft/cleave,=uipana(N/root)=call into line,=wife/whip/weapon/warp/weave/ufano(sp)=proud/ ufansis(Gk)=weaver(E)=weorp/wef(t)a(OE). the further sounds of uipana are as exercized as a country girl her first time in Paris, cf., Swifty, Tlatlatzolteotl, March 5 2013.

hectic

...(E)=wasting fever attended by flushed cheeks xiv, feverish xvii, feverishly active/exciting xx,= etik(ME)=etique(OFr)=etico(sp/Ital)= hecticus(Lat)=hektikos(Gk)=Hecate(E/witch)=heck/heckle(E)= Ehecatl/Ecatl(N/2 Tonalamatl)=windweaving life deity, mother of proto-Christ, Quetzalcoatl, to her proto-Maria, cf., San Apollinari Mozaic of HRE Theodric. .....ética(sp)=ethics(E)=ético/ética(sp/adj)=ethical(E),=tetic(N/adj)=tetica(Nauatl(adv)=of stone, hard/firm. the sp adjective, ético/-ca also means, hectic/consumptive, but dropping the c of Hecate/hectic in ME/OFr/sp/Ital mixed roots teti/tetia/tetic/tetica(N) with Ehecatl/Ecatl, yet by heckling of modern linguists, who observe Latin/Greek priority, stands corrected today.

Saturday, 1 February 2014

helve

...(E)=handle(E)=h/th/t/tlantli(N)=tl/antler(E) of weapon or tool,=h/ne(l)p/b/ve(Letra)=nepa/ nipa(N/adv)=back&forth,= knive/knife(E)=hielfe(WSax)=helfi(OSax)=helf/helve(MDu), but, halp(OHG)= kalpus(OPruss)=wagon-rail,=kalpa(Lith)=cross-piece of a sledge,=calpatla(N)=house paddle/change from one house to another.

homer

(Heb)=liquid/dry measure,=xomulli/xumulli(N)=corner(E)= xomotl(N)=duck/Tonalamatl priest,=Tzolk'in=Imox(Mayan/1)= Cipactli(N/1)=Cipactonal&Oxomoco(N)=first couple=Tonalamatl authors, S/Sh/Sumer, the corner, city state, 5kya.