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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. * * * * * IV. GLOSSARY. ANAHUAC. _Aztec_. "By the water-side." The name at first applied to the Valley of Mexico, from the situation of the towns on the banks of the lakes; afterwards used to denote a great part of the present Republic of Mexico. ACOCOTE (_Aztec_, acocotl, water-throat), aloe-sucker's gourd; _see p._ 91. ADOBE, a mud-brick, baked in the sun. (Perhaps a _Moorish-Spanish_ word. _Ancient Egyptian_, tobe, a mud-brick; _Arabic_, toob, pronounced with the article _at-toob_, whence adobe?) AGUAMIEL (honey-water), unfermented aloe-juice. AGUARDIENTE (burning-water), ardent spirits. AHUEHUETE (_Aztec_, ahuehuetl), the deciduous cypress. ALAMEDA (poplar-avenue), public promenade; _see p._ 57. ALCALDE, a magistrate (_Moorish-Spanish_, al cadi, "the cadi"). ANQUERA (hauncher), covering for horses' haunches; _see p._ 164 (_and cut, p._ 260). ARRIERO, a muleteer. ARROYO, a rivulet, mountain-torrent. ATAMBOB, a drum. ATOLE (_Aztec_, atolli), porridge. AVERSADA, a freshet. BARATILLO, a Rag-fair, market of odds and ends; _see p._ 169. BARBACOA, whence English "barbecue;" _see p._ 95; a native Haitian word. BARRANCCA, a ravine. CALZONCILLOS, drawers. CAPA, a cloak. CAYO, a coral-reef. CHAPARREROS, over-trousers of goatskin with the hair on, used in riding. CHINAMPA (_Aztec_, "a place fenced in)," a Mexican "floating garden;" _see p._ 62. CHINGUERITO, Indian-corn brandy. CHIPI-CHIPI (_Aztec_, chipini, drizzling rain); _see p._ 26. CHUPA-MIRTO (myrtle-sucker), a humming-bird. COLEAR, to throw a bull over by the tail (cola); _see p._ 71. COMPADRE. COMADRE; _French_, compere, commere; _see p._ 250. CORRAL, an enclosure for cattle. COSTAL, a bag, or sack. COYOTE (_Aztec_, coyotl),
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