| 单词 | Nahuatl |
| 例句 | In Sahagun’s reconstruction, the Franciscans speak first, their interpreters struggling to make European concepts clear in Nahuatl verse, the language of high discourse. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I also found on Google the next day that Popocatepetl is really a volcano, and the name is literally Nahuatl for “smoking mountain.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Because the sun could not hold out forever against its foes, one sixteenth-century Nahuatl account explained, it would one day inevitably lose—there was no getting around it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In fact, the corpus of writings in classical Nahuatl, the language of the Alliance, is even larger than the corpus of texts in classical Greek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No, he told the judge, English wasn’t his first language; that would be Nahuatl, the Mexican Indian tongue. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Olmec,” though, is a word in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica to the north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The stacks of Nahuatl manuscripts in Mexican archives depict the tlamatinime meeting to exchange ideas and gossip, as did the Vienna Circle and the French philosophes and the Taisho-period Kyoto school. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His lyric, among the most famous in the Nahuatl canon, answers its own question: Not forever on earth; only a little while here. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Writing in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, Vértiz honors and relishes the feeling of being untranslatable. Ten books that explain the complicated nostalgia of being a child of diaspora 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Works in Quechua and Nahuatl, the languages of the Incas and the Aztecs, were included alongside settings in Spanish and Latin. Latin American Vespers 2010-08-24T15:08:00Z The name, which stems from the Nahuatl word "tepiatl," is a conjunction of "corn" and "tender water," referring to the drink's corn base. De La Calle wants to make tepache a household name in the US 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Also known as the Aztec Codex, it was created sometime between 1570 and 1595 and shows native Aztec and Nahuatl maps, hieroglyphs and illustrations side-by-side with some text written in Spanish. Rare 16th-century Mesoamerican codex goes online at the Library of Congress 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z The majority of Nahuatl speakers, we’re told, are between 80 and 90. ‘The Miracle of the Little Prince’ Review: A Children’s Book Turned Rosetta Stone 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The word mole itself comes from the Nahuatl mulli, and it pre-dates colonialism — a sauce whose name means "sauce," though it is much bigger than any word could describe. The shortcut magic of mole paste 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Called tamalli in Nahuatl, a language spoken by Indigenous peoples in southern Mexico and Central America, it’s still referred to in its singular as a tamal, or tamale. It’s Peak Season for Tamales in Los Angeles 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z In Nahuatl, the Aztec language still spoken in many parts of Mexico, Teotihuacan means "abode of the gods." Filled with artifacts, ancient Mexican tunnel may lead to royal tombs 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z They founded Calpulli — Nahuatl for “large house” — as a nonprofit organization and started applying for grants. ‘It’s Not Only Margaritas’: The Story of Cinco de Mayo in Dance 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Chocolate, avocado, tomato, chile and huitlacoche are among the food terms that come from Nahuatl. Smoke in the Mexican Food and Fire in the Mezcal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Those are Tibetan; Tamazight, from the Berbers of North Africa; Sami, a group of dialects spoken by indigenous Scandinavians; and Nahuatl, an Aztec language in Central America. ‘The Miracle of the Little Prince’ Review: A Children’s Book Turned Rosetta Stone 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z That mind, in fact, belongs to Mr. Sánchez, who when he is not at the stove writes poetry in Nahuatl, an Indigenous language that he learned before he could speak Spanish. Smoke in the Mexican Food and Fire in the Mezcal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z In a call and response, they taught words in Nahuatl, introduced instruments and explained the sounds they carried, as well as the spirituality. MOLAA's annual Día de Muertos was 'Made With Love' 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The gallery’s namesake is Nepantla, a Nahuatl word that means “in the middle,” which Prendez describes as the place where one heals, rejuvenates or creates. A look into the Pacific Northwest’s only Chicano art gallery 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z While it's not clear if the opera's organizers will offer more showings, some in attendance who likely saw their first-ever Nahuatl opera were clearly moved by Cuitlahuac's story. In Mexico, tale of iconic king dazzles in Aztec opera 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Popocatepetl, meaning "Smoking Hill" in the native Aztec language Nahuatl, is one of the world's most closely monitored volcanoes. Mexican volcano near capital spews more ash, forcing school closures 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Chicano civil rights activists commonly replaced “ch” with “x” — making Xicano instead of Chicano — as a nod to the Indigenous language Nahuatl in Mexico. How ‘Latinx’ united — and divided — a community seeking to redefine itself 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Today, Mexico’s most commonly spoken languages are Spanish and Nahuatl, an Uto-Aztecan language. How second- and third-generation Latinos are reclaiming the Spanish language 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The school teaches a curriculum with a Nahuatl focus. L.A.'s only Indigenous school helps return land to California's Native population 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In the Nahuatl language, “Xolo” means “monster”, and though some dislike the physical appearance of these dogs, many find them fascinating. Dog owners tout Xolos’ loyalty and sacred underworld history 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Today, Mexico’s official languages are Spanish and Nahuatl — an Uto-Aztecan language. How second- and third-generation Latinos are reclaiming the Spanish language 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Speaking to him in his native language, Nahuatl, she asked for a temple to be built to honor her son, Jesus Christ. Devotion to Virgin Mary draws millions to Mexico City shrine 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Jan. 31, 2023An earlier version of this article said Mexico’s official languages were Spanish and Nahuatl. How second- and third-generation Latinos are reclaiming the Spanish language 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Lessons are taught in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs before the Spanish conquest of Mexico. L.A.'s only Indigenous school helps return land to California's Native population 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Known locally as Suchitlan, meaning "place of flowers" in the indigenous Nahuatl language, the Cerron Grande reservoir's ecosystem is home to native fish, waterbirds and mammals such as cougars and ocelots. No place for flowers: El Salvador's biggest lake swamped by trash 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z He explained that the flower’s Spanish name, cempasúchil, comes from a Nahuatl phrase meaning “20 petals,” referring to its brilliance. For this Oaxacan merchant, marigolds mean more than ever this Día de Muertos 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z He’s teaching himself Indigenous languages, from Mexico’s Nahuatl . to Montana’s Salish. The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages The four texts are lined up on the entry wall, left to right: first Nahuatl, then Zapotec, next Spanish and finally English. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Pronounced the Nahuatl way, with the final “l” chopped off, “ELADATL” is a multigenre book of fantastical adventure stories, imagistic biographies and invented archives — what the authors call “an actual history of a fictional company.” Sesshu Foster and Arturo Romo have the antidote for the erasure of East L.A. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z He wielded his native Nahuatl — a language spoken by the Aztecs — as an entry point into the history and culture of Mexico. David Vazquez, Aztec-language teacher who worked to save ancestors' history, dies 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Ascencio, an indigenous Nahuatl speaker, was found seriously injured after being dumped in a field in February 2007, according to her family. Mexico reopens case of indigenous woman who died after alleged rape by soldiers 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In Nahuatl, which is still spoken by several million indigenous Mexicans, Teotihuacan means ‘abode of the gods’. Teotihuacan pyramids, top Mexican tourist draw, reopen to public 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Unversed in Nahuatl or Zapotec, the order of the texts meant that I was locked out until more than halfway in. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Cortés found out that La Malinche spoke Mayan and Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and he brought her into his entourage — a rare status for a woman, Cypess said. Sheriff's sexist slur and accusations of 'blood money' ramp up feud with L.A. County supervisors 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Vazquez’s affinity for his culture began in his hometown of Tlalmotolo in the Mexican state of Puebla, where he grew up speaking Nahuatl. David Vazquez, Aztec-language teacher who worked to save ancestors' history, dies 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Don, a 51-year-old undocumented immigrant, like César is from an indigenous community in Pueblo, Mexico, and speaks Spanish as well as Nahuatl, which was spoken by the Aztecs. Corona in Corona: how the deadly virus shook a neglected neighborhood 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z These were the intellectual crème de la crème of early Mexican society and they learned to read and write in a variety of languages, including Spanish, Latin and Nahuatl. How a vital record of Mexican indigenous life was created under quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The book is written in Spanish and Nahuatl, its side-by-side columns concluding with a detailed account of the conquest. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “They are both gone, and there was no one to help us plant the corn this year,” said Hilario, speaking Nahuatl through a translator as she fought back tears outside her adobe house. In Mexico's Guerrero state, slaughter of band members reflects legacy of violence 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z He decorated walls with posters he created, showing phrases in Nahuatl hieroglyphics, Spanish and English. David Vazquez, Aztec-language teacher who worked to save ancestors' history, dies 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Bowles, who teaches literature and Nahuatl at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley, said there was “nothing wrong with a non-Mexican writing about the plight of Mexicans”. Publishers defend American Dirt as claims of cultural appropriation grow 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z But Dufendach says the Codex never really embraces the use of viruela, the Spanish word for smallpox, in the portions that are written in Nahuatl. How a vital record of Mexican indigenous life was created under quarantine 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Tellingly, the Nahuatl version of the war is considerably longer, reported as more brutally complete than the Spanish. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z In New York the City University of New York, Columbia University and New York University formed an indigenous language consortium to teach students and members of the community indigenous languages, including Mixteco, Nahuatl and Quechua. Why migrants who speak indigenous languages slip through cracks in US schools 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The word mezcal is composed of two Nahuatl words: metl, which means maguey, and ixcalli, which refers to a conical, earthen oven where the agaves are cooked. Mezcal For Dummies with Niki Nakazawa, the Oaxaca-based co-founder of Neta 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Fittingly, the libretto is trilingual, incorporating Spanish, English and even some Nahuatl, which proved an exciting challenge for Reyes when writing the music. Aztec opera 'El Circo Anahuac' shares volcanic love and loss in a mystical time before Mexico - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z For a millennium or more, English was a great importer of words, absorbing vocabulary from Latin, Greek, French, Hindi, Nahuatl and many others. Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Decorated with luxurious feathers from parrots and ducks, it employs Nahuatl iconography, such as creation’s turbulent waters. Review: The conquered rather than the conquerors are given the stage in LACMA's two new 'Mixpantli' exhibits 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z “When I was on the way here, I was thinking — there’s YouTube for everything, maybe I can teach myself to say some things in Nahuatl, in Quechua,” she added with a hopeful smile. At a bar in Brooklyn, would-be foster parents ponder the ethics of taking in migrant children 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z One theory about the origin of the word “Mexico” is that it is Nahuatl for “navel of the moon.” Opinion | The Littlest Don Quixotes Versus the World 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Most of the native-born locals spoke the ancient Nahuatl language, not Spanish, which isn’t the case today. A reporter feels the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.’s promised land on a Mexican mountaintop 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Aztecs called it the cocoliztli, meaning pestilence in the local Nahuatl language. One of history’s worst epidemics may have been caused by a common food poisoning microbe 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The word means pestilence in the Aztec Nahuatl language. Mexico: 500 years later, scientists discover what killed the Aztecs 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z But more translations are on their way, including Chinese, Nahuatl, Italian, and Mongolian. Explore ancient civilizations (and their diseases) in this delightful coloring book 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z “On the one hand, the map is a traditional Aztec cartographic history with its composition and design showing Nahuatl hieroglyphics, and typical illustrations,” Hessler writes, referring to the indigenous language of the region. Rare Aztec Map Reveals a Glimpse of Life in 1500s Mexico 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z At a laundromat, he saw Salvadorans saving dryers for Salvadorans, and overheard Mexicans who spoke not Spanish but Nahuatl. The Most Adventurous Eater in America 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z The word chayote is a term originally from the Nahuatl language which denotes a greenish edible gourd. Glossary of graft lays bare Mexico's lexicon of corruption 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z At the same time, to wander the streets of Mexico City is to read and hear words as deeply rooted in the Aztec language, Nahuatl, as in Spanish. Toward a Softer World 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The town was eventually renamed from Zultepec to Tecoaque, which in the native Nahuatl language means: “The place where they ate them.” Conquistadors sacrificed and eaten by Aztec-era people, archaeologists say 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Teotihuacan, or "abode of the gods" in the Aztec language of Nahuatl, was distinct from the Mayan civilization. Hunt for ancient royal tomb in Mexico takes mercurial twist 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The Nahuatl title translates roughly as “flowery song of mischief,” and references sex as an analogy of life: intense, spirited and fleeting. Seductive Nahuatl opera to premiere in Mexico City 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z As of the end of 2013, more than 17 percent of respondents spoke an indigenous language, with Mixtec and Nahuatl being the most popular among a total of 16. Immigrants Who Speak Indigenous Mexican Languages Encounter Isolation 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z It is the burning — mescal is the Nahuatl word for “cooked maguey” — that imbues the smoky flavor. Zumpahuac?n Journal: Move Over, Tequila, It?s Mescal?s Turn to Shine 2011-07-21T22:17:05Z Mexican.—Otherwise called the Nahuatl or Aztec language. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Much later the Pipiles, a Nahuatl tribe, formed trade colonies on the Pacific coast. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. The Nahuatl, or Aztecs, and similar Indian tribes of ancient Mexico, had the general pagan creed of all American Indians, with added horrors of their own. The Spanish Pioneers In the Nahuatl, Sahaptin, and Selish families it is most prominent. First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 If the entire word be regarded as Nahuatl, we obtain “the banner of the hand.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Presents the original text with a gloss in Nahuatl of twenty sacred chants of the ancient Mexicans. A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages One who died about 1850 was called “the Thunderbolt,” and whenever he walked abroad he was preceded by a group of chosen disciples, called by the Nahuatl name tlatoques, speakers or attorneys.14-* Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Brasseur de Bourbourg says: “In the histories written in the Nahuatl language, the oldest certain date is nine hundred and fifty-five years before Christ.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology Indistinct notions, indeed, of an original residence, during some very remote period of time, at the distant north, have been found among nearly all the tribes of Mexico which speak the Nahuatl language. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I I would add a couple of observations which seem to indicate that the language of the people who sculptured and set up the Santa Lucia slabs was Nahuatl. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations When in Spain, in 1888, I found in the Royal Library the MS. of the earlier portion of Sahagun’s “History of New Spain” in Nahuatl. A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages Unquestionably they had become domesticated in both Maya and Nahuatl; but there is some reason to think they were loan-words, belonging to another, and perhaps more venerable, civilization than either of these nations could claim. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History They had come "from the north," one of seven tribes or families, all of which spoke the Nahuatl or Mexican tongue. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development But the composition of the name follows the Maya and not the Nahuatl analogy. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 The Nahuatl word for deer is mazatl and we know that the Mazahuas, or “deer-people” is the name of a native tribe which inhabits to this day the coast region of Guatemala. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations In this volume twenty-seven songs in the original Nahuatl are presented, with translation, notes, vocabulary, etc. A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages This is the native Nahuatl name of a certain plant, having a white, tuberous root, which is the part employed. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The Abbé Brasseur has translated one from the Codex Chimalpopoca, a work in the Nahuatl language of Ancient Mexico, written about half a century after the conquest. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America It certainly could not in Maya; and in Nahuatl, tototl in composition would drop both its terminal consonants. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Referring to Nahuatl dictionaries, I found a variety of synonymous names for a person who limped or was lame or maimed. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Rust walls were bare of any pattern save an oval disk of cloudy golden shimmer behind the chair at the long table of solid ruby rock from Nahuatl's poisonous sister planet of Xipe. Star Hunter These words are pure Nahuatl, and Carriedo, who does not give his authority, probably had none which referred these rites to the Zapotecs. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The Maya codices are made up, for the most part, of the records of the sacred period of two hundred and sixty days, a period called in Nahuatl, tonalamatl, and other numerical calculations. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices All the names he quotes as of Nonoalca, that is, Maya origin, are distinctly not of the latter tongue, but are Nahuatl. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 The question why the spider, named “tocatl” in Nahuatl, should have been adopted as the chief symbol of Mictlantecuhtli, occupied me much until I found the clue to its significance in the Maya language. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Perhaps he should do as prudence dictated and demand to be returned to Nahuatl. Star Hunter The Nahuatl text is more definite than the Spanish translation. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The Nahuatl day, Couatl, has the signification serpent, as suggested before, in discussing the meaning of the name Quetzalcoatl or Quetzalcouatl. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Several of the names of the seven “men of Mayapan” have a Nahuatl appearance. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 In Nahuatl the West was designated as Cihuatlampa, “the place or part of the women.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Hunter seemed determined to ask for the worst the Patrol—or the planet police back on Nahuatl—could deal out. Star Hunter Nor in the Nahuatl language—although its very name is derived from it58-*—does the radical na appear in its simplicity and true significance. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History This identification brings this day name into direct relation to the Zapotec and Nahuatl names. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The proper names in the legend have nothing of a Nahuatl appearance. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 It obviously expressed the idea embodied in the Nahuatl word xotlac=the heated earth; literally, glowing embers, also budding and opening flowers. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations He had been on or in Nahuatl—a planet? a city? Star Hunter Referring to the Nahuatl belief that there are nine upper and nine under worlds. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The signification of the names of this day, except that of the Nahuatl calendar—cohuatl, “serpent”—appears to be uncertain. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Buschmann, as above cited, classes the Shoshonean languages as a northern branch of his Nahuatl or Aztec family, but the evidence presented for this connection is deemed to be insufficient. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 But this probably conveyed even more than the above title, for there is a Nahuatl noun tlachiuhtli, which means, “something made or formed or engendered,” or “earth which is ploughed and sown.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations He tried, as he strode along, to piece together more of his memories and the scanty information he had had from the Nahuatl man. Star Hunter The Nahuatl, on the other hand, counts from 5 to 10 by the ordinary quinary method, and then appears to pass into the decimal form. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development As the Quiche-Cakchiquel, Zapotec, and Nahuatl names all signify “deer,” the difficulty in bringing all into harmony lies in the Maya and Tzental names. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Only elderly people speak Nahuatl correctly, and the Tepehuane influence is strong here, even in the ancient religion of the people. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The Nahuatl pilli is a title for a chieftain or lord and also signifies child and fingers or toes. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Nahuatl's larger moon pursued the smaller, greenish globe of its companion across a cloudless sky in which the stars made a speckled pattern like the scales of a huge serpent coiled around a black bowl. Star Hunter The only example of vigesimal reckoning which is comparable with that of the Mayas is the system employed by their northern neighbours, the Nahuatl, or, as they are more commonly designated, the Aztecs of Mexico. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The rabbit, in Nahuatl, is the symbol of ease and intoxication. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. But this very uncertainty offered a favorable opportunity for various nations, some speaking Nahuatl and some other tongues, to claim descent from this mysterious, ancient and wondrous race. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent The Nahuatl word alluded to can be no other than the verb memeya which, according to Molina, signifies “water, or something liquid which issues or flows in many directions.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations And on Nahuatl, as well as a dozen other worlds, Wass was the serpent. Star Hunter A comparison of this scale with that of the Nahuatl shows how much inferior it is to the latter, both in simplicity and consistency. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The signification of the Nahuatl word atl is water; the Zapotec names are also words for water. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. Its inhabitants spoke the Nahuatl tongue, but were never subject to the Montezumas. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent In order to form any opinion, the name for seal in the Nahuatl and other languages spoken by the coast tribes should first be ascertained and compared with the native names for serpent. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations They included, besides various Spanish accounts, 27 fragments in the Nahuatl language, some translated and some not. Aboriginal American Authors The Canaque scale differs from the Nahuatl only in forming a compound word for 15, instead of introducing a new and simple term. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The Nahuatl and Quiche-Cakchiquel names are the ordinary terms in these languages for “dog,” and the Mexican symbol for the day is the head of a dog. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. The language of Yucatan is too absolutely dissimilar from the Nahuatl for it ever to have been moulded by leaders of that race. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Molina's dictionary furnishes us with the following Nahuatl names for the left hand, etc. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Most fertile of these were those who wrote in the Nahuatl tongue, otherwise known as the Aztec or Mexican, this being most widely spoken in Mexico, and the first cultivated by the missionaries. Aboriginal American Authors On account of its importance, the Nahuatl system365 is given in fuller detail than most of the other systems I have made use of. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development He says the Nahuatl and Zapotec names both signify the brush or broom of twisted twigs, or stiff grass used for cleaning and dusting, and also this grass itself. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. They are familiarly known as Aztecs or Mexicans, and the language common to them all was the Nahuatl, a word of their own, meaning "the pleasant sounding." American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent On the other hand it is curious to note that the Nahuatl word for wife is Cihua-tlan-tli and for husband is Te-o-quichtli. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Of the anonymous MSS. in Boturini's list, I shall mention only one, as it alone, of all his Nahuatl records, has succeeded in reaching publication. Aboriginal American Authors Up to 160,000 the Nahuatl system is as simple and regular in its construction as the English. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The Nahuatl name and the Quiche-Cakchiquel, balam, denote the “tiger,” possibly the jaguar, though the Mexican name certainly refers to the ocelot. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. If such an understanding had been current, it could scarcely have escaped the inquiries of such a close student and thorough master of the Nahuatl tongue as Father Sahagun. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent An eloquent proof of the high estimate in which personal freedom was regarded by the ancient Mexicans, is furnished by the Nahuatl word, recorded by Olmos, for “free man”=xoxouhqui-yollotl, literally, “fresh or green heart.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations While there are a number of verbal similarities between Maya and Nahuatl, the radicals of the two idioms and their grammatical structure are widely asunder. Aboriginal American Authors Of course this resolution suffers from the fact that it is given in digits arranged in accordance with decimal notation, while the Nahuatl numerals express values by a base twice as great. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development The term for these relationships, in the Nahuatl tongue, and used among all the tribes speaking it was 'calpulli.' Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines How far they borrowed from the fertile mythology of their Nahuatl visitors is not easily answered. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent It is evident that the employment of this significant emblem was suggested by the Nahuatl word for “freeman,” and constituted a sort of rebus expressing this title or rank. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Nahuatl is an excessively pliable, polysyllabic and highly synthetic tongue; the Maya is rigid, its words short, of one or two syllables generally, and is scarcely more synthetic than French. Aboriginal American Authors Some languages, again, have diminutives of the word for "child," often formed by reduplication, like the wee wean of Lowland Scotch, and the pilpil, "infant" of the Nahuatl of Mexico. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day We must never forget that the term is 'Nahuatl,' and as such recognized by all the other tribes, outside of the Mexicans proper. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines They are abundant especially in the language of the Toltecs, or Nahuatl, whereas, neither in Sanskrit nor in ancient Greek are they ever found at the end of a word. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan His inference that the stone must have been rare and highly prized, probably from some motive connected with native ritual, is fully supported by the explanation afforded by the existence of the Nahuatl word. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The calendar arranged for these objects was called, in the Nahuatl, tonalamatl, "the book of days," and in Maya tzolante, "that by which events are arranged." Aboriginal American Authors In Nahuatl the name of this is “centzonmaye,” literally, four hundred hands. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It is noteworthy that, in Nahuatl as in the Quechua, the title for minor chief is homonymous with the word for fingers. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The allotment of two quarters to each and the image of a spider employed to express their descent from heaven have counterparts in Nahuatl lore. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Nahuatl scholars have rendered its meaning as “place of.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The melodious Nahuatl tongue lent itself readily to poetic composition, and was cultivated enthusiastically in this direction long before the Conquest. Aboriginal American Authors In this case it would strangely resemble the Maya Kukulkan and the Nahuatl Cul-hua-can, the name of the fabulous recurved mountain of Aztec tradition. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Horizon, western, Nahuatl symbol for=calli, the house, 38. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The name of the culture hero Kukulcan or Quetzalcoatl incorporates the word serpent in Maya and Nahuatl. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Buschmann has, moreover, proven that the foregoing names of the capitals, of what were at one time four provinces, are pure Nahuatl, which fact establishes the existence of Nahua supremacy in these regions. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Reference to Nahuatl dictionaries revealed that this insect had doubtlessly been named colotl on account of its habit of recurving its tail when enraged. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Nahuatl verb coloa means, to bend over or twist something, the adjective coltic is applied to something bent over or recurved. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The first part of the Nahuatl word aman-teca, signifying artisan, artificer, seems to be a corrupt rendering of the Maya ah-men. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The facts here recorded look as if the Hopi practise a ceremonial form of worship with strong affinities to the Nahuatl and Maya.... The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations It is well known that, to this day, the Nahuatl tongue spoken by the men is different from that spoken by the women, and that the same duality of language prevails among other American tribes. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Strangely enough it seems to form so close a link between Maya and Mexican culture that it almost seems justifiable to surmise that both Maya and Nahuatl languages were spoken in these ancient ruined cities. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Boturini, who had exceptional opportunities for obtaining information, adds to the above the following translation of a Nahuatl inscription which had been written by the native scribe below the drawing which unfortunately is now lost. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The name “atlapalli” was, for instance, the current Nahuatl appellation for vassals. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations |
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