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
For _uitzicotla_, lit., place abounding in thorns;
fig., the south.
Itzipana, X, 4. Apparently a compound of _ixtli_, face, and _pan_, for
the more usual _ixpan_, before, in front of; _ixtli_ in comp.
sometimes becomes _itz_, as in _itzoca_, "tener sucia la
cara," Molina, _Vocabulario_.
Itziueponi, XI, 4. For _itztle-cueponi_, "resplendent with spears."
Itzpapalotl, IV, 5. "The obsidian butterfly," an image of gold and
feathers, worn as a royal insignia. _See_ Sahagun, Lib.
VII, Cap. 12.
Yua, III, 8. To send.
Yuitla, XIII, 6. _See_ _ihuitl_.
Yuiyoc, II, 3, 4, 5. From _yuiyotl_, a feather, _yuiyoa_, to be dressed
in feathers, or feather garments.
Ixtlauatl, IV, 6. Open field, uncultivated region.
Yyaconay, I, 1. For _ayac-on-ay_, as appears by the gloss.
Yya. _See_ Ayya.
Izqui, XIV, 8. As many as.
Iztac, IV, 3, 4. White.
Iz tleica, VI, 3; XV, 1. "Here is why." The interrogative changed into
the predicative form. _See_ Paredes, _Compendio_, p. 154.
M
Ma, VI, 1. 1. Sign of negative, no, not. 2. Sign of imperative.
Macaiui, XVII, 3, 4. From _macoa_, and _i_, to drink.
Maceualli, VI, 4. Subjects, servants.
Maceuh, XX, 3. From _maceua_, to seek for, to obtain.
Mach, XIV, 7. Intensive particle.
Machiyotla, II, 6, 7. For _machiotl_, sign, example.
Macoa, I, 3; XVII, 3. To aid, to assist.
Macxoyauh, XVIII, 3. By the Gloss, for _ma-xi-yauh_, imper. of _yauh_,
to go.
Malinalli, XIII, 4. A broom.
Malli, II, 3, 4, 5. Captive; one taken by hand.
Mama, XIV, 11. To carry a load on the shoulders.
Mamalia, XIX, 4. To penetrate.
Mamauia, I, 4. To frighten, frequentative-causative, from _maui_, to
fear.
Maololo, XIV, 12. From _ma-ololo_, to cover with the hand.
Mati, II, 1. To know.
Matiuia, XIV, 11. For _matihuia_, from _mati_.
Matlauacal, VII, 4. A net-basket.
Ma-tonicaya, X, 1. Let it shine, let it be bright; from _tona_.
Mauia, II, 3, 4, 5. To give into the hands of, to deliver up.
Maui noyol, XIV, 11. To fear in my heart.
Mauiztli, VI, 5, XIII, 5. An honor (_cosa de estima_, _Molina_). A
person of honor.
Mazatl, IV, 6. (Doubtful.) Deer; any large wild animal.
Mecatla, VI, 2. For _mecatl_, cord, rope.
Milacatzoa, I, 4. _Mo-ilacatzoa_, to twine oneself, as a serpent around
a tree; refers to the _xiuhcoatl_, fire-serpent, of
Huitzilopochtli.
Mimicha, IV, 8. Fish, for _michin_.
Mimilcatoc, VI, 2. Twisted, twined.
Miquiyecauiz, XIV, 8. Compound of _miqui_, to die, and _yecaui_, to
cease; "to cease dying."
Mitoaya, I, 3. For _mo-itoa-ya_, it is said, they said.
Mixcoatepetl, XIX, 4. The mountain or town of Mixcoatl.
Mixcoatl, XIII, 5. A proper name.
Mixiui, XII, 1. To accouch, to bear a child.
Mixtecatl, I, 2. A proper name. The Mixteca lived on the Pacific coast,
to the southwest, and were not of Nahuatl lineage.
Mixiuiloc, V, 1. From _mixiui_, to accouch, to bear a child.
Mo-cuiltonoa, VI, 5.
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