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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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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