Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 382 pages of information about Anahuac .

Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 382 pages of information about Anahuac .

29. xuma (xuma-tli), spoon.  Sans., chamasa; from Sans., cham, to
    eat
.

30. mich (mich-in), fish.  Sans., machcha.

31. zaca (zaca-tl), grass.  Sans., saka.

32. col (te-col-li, col-ceuia, &c.), charcoal.  Sans., jval, to burn,
    flame
; Icel., kol; Eng., coal; Irish, gual.

33. cen (cen-tli), grain, maize.  Sans., kana, grain.

34. ehe (ehe-catl), wind.  Sans., vayu.

35. mix (mix-tli), cloud.  Sans., megha; Icel., and Eng., mist.

36. cal (cal-ii),_house_.  Sans., sala.  Greek, kalia; Lat., cella.

37. qua (qua-itl), head.  Sans., ka.

38. ix (ix-tli), eye, face.  Sans., aksha, eye; asya, face.

39. can (can-tli), cheek, Sans., ganda; Lat., gena.

40. chichi (chichi-tl), teat.  Sans., chuchuka.

41. nene (nene-tl), pupil of eye.  Sans., nayana.

42. choloa, to run or leap.  Sans., char.

43. caqui (caqui-ztli), sound.  Sans., kach, to sound.

44. xin (xi-xin-ia), to cut, ruin, destroy.  Sans., ksin, to hurt,
    kill.

45. tlacc (tlacc-ani), to run.  Sans., triks, to go; Greek, trecho.

46. patlani, to fly.  Sans., pat.

47. mati, to know.  Sans., medh, to understand; mati, thought,
    mind
; Greek root math.

48. it (it-ta), to see.  Sans., vid; Greek root id, eidomai, &c.;
    Lat., video.

49. meya, to flow, trickle.  Sans., mih.

50. mic (mic-tia), to kill.  Sans., mi, mith.

51. cuica, to sing.  Sans., kuj. to sing, as birds, &c.

52. chichi to suck.  SANS., chush.

53. ahnachia, to sprinklecompare SANS. uks.

54. coton (coton-a),_to cut_.  SANS. kutt.

55. nex (nex-tia), to shine.  SANS, nad; LAT., niteo.

55. notz (notz-a), to call.  SANS., nad.

57. choc (choc-a),_to lament, cry_.  SANS, kuch, to cry aloud, scream;
    such, to wail.

58. me(?)(in me-catl, binding-thing, chain?) to bind SANS., mu, mava.

59. qua, to eat, bite:  compare SANS. charv, to chew, bite, gnaw;
    chah, to bruize; khad, to eat.; GERMAN, kauen; ENG., to chew.

60. te, thou.  SANS. tvam; LAT., tu.

61. quen, how? SANS. kena.

Other curious resemblances between the Aztec and European languages are

62. pepeyol, poplar.  LAT., populus; ICEL., popel.

63. papal (papal-otl), butterfly; LAT., papilio.

64. ul (ul-li), juice of the India-rubber tree, used as oil for
    anointing, &c.
LAT., oleum; ENG., oil, &c.

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