Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
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Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl
Nahuatl poetry
Aytoloc, XVIII, 4; XX, 1, 2. From _itoa_, to say, to tell, with negative
prefix.
Ayya, I, 1, _et saepe_; also in the forms _yya_, _ya_, _yyo_, _yye_,
_aya_, _ayyo_, etc. An interjection, or shout.
C
Ca. 1. And, also. 2. To be.
Ca, Can, VII, 1. Only, solely.
Cacauantoc, VI, 5. Reduplicated from _caua_, to cease, stop, leave off.
Cacauatla, XI, 2. "Among the cacao trees."
Calli, I, 5, 6. House; _calipan_, in the house.
Cana, XII, 1. Somewhere.
Cane, XII, 1. For _ca nel_, and truly.
Caqui, VIII, 2. To hear, to listen.
Caquia, II, 1. From _caqui_, to hear.
Catlachtoquetl, III, 3. Apparently compounded of the interrogative
_catli_ and _tlacatl_, man, mortal; what mortal?
Catella, III, 4. For _catel_; who indeed?
Caua, XIV, 7; XV, 2. To cease, to stop; to surpass; to lay down.
Ce, I, 2; XV, 4. One, a, an.
Cenpoliuiz, XIII, 7. From _cempoliui_, to perish wholly.
Centeutl, VII, 6; VIII, 1, 5; XIV, 4; XIX, 3. Prop. name. The god of
maize.
Centla, XIII, 2. For _centli_, ear of corn, dried corn.
Centlalia, I, 5, 6. To assemble.
Chacalhoa, XIV, 11. For _chachaloa_, to tinkle, to resound.
Chalchimamatlaco, XV, 2. Compound of _chalchiuitl_, jade, turquoise;
hence of that color; _mama_, to carry; ref. to betake
oneself; _atl_, water; _co_, postposition.
Chalchimichuacan, XIV, 4. "The cerulean home of the fishes."
Chalchiuhecatl, XIV, 9. From _chalchiuitl_, jade; metaphorically,
anything precious.
Chalmecatl, XVIII, 1. From _chalani_, to beat, to strike. Apparently a
proper name.
Chalmecatecutli, XIII, 5. "Ruler of the (drum) beaters." Comp. v. 1.
Chalima, XIII, 1. Apparently for _chalani_, to strike, to beat,
especially a drum.
Chan, XVI, 1, 2; XVII, 2. House, home.
Chicauaztica, III, 6; XIII, 2, 3. Strongly, boldly, energetically.
Chicomoztoc, VII, 1. "At the seven caves." _See_ Notes to Hymn VII.
Chicomollotzin, XVI, 1. _See_ Notes, p. 59.
Chicueyocan, VI, 2. In eight folds. From _chicuei_, eight.
Chicunaui, IV, 6. Nine; but used generally in the sense of "many,"
"numerous."
Chimal, XI, 2. For _chimalli_, buckler, shield.
Chimalticpac, XVIII, 3. "Above the shield."
Chipuchica, V, 1. Metastasis for _ichpochtica_, from _ichpochtli_,
virgin.
Chiua, III, 3. To make, to form, to do.
Chocaya, III, 1, 7. From _choca_, to weep, to cry out.
Chocayotica, XII, 2. Adverbial from _choca_: "weepingly."
Cholola, XIV, 11; XX, 2. Proper name. "Place of the fugitives."
Cipactonalla, VIII, 2. From _tonalli_, the sun, day. Perhaps a proper
name.
Ciuatontla, VI, 6. For _ciuatontli_, little woman.
Coatepec, V, 1. At the _Coatepetl_, or Serpent Hill.
Cochina, XIV, 12. From _cochi_, to sleep.
Colhoa, XIII, 1. For _Colhoacan_, proper name.
Coliuacan, XVII, 2; XIX, 4. Proper name, for _Colhoacan_.
Cotiuana, X, 1. Probably for _xo(xi-on)titaana_, tie hands, join hands.
Cocauic, IV, 1, 2.
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