Re: OT: Reduplication enquiry
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 10, 2003, 21:41 |
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On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:41 AM, Peter Bleackley wrote:
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> In Nahuatl, if I remember correctly, it's papalotl (I remeber this
> from a
> house in Teotihuacan known, from its Quatzal and butterfly
> decorations, as
> the House of Quetzal-Papalotl). Shall we start a linguistic butterfly
> collection?
Your Nahuatl is correct (I just looked it up). Other Uto-Aztecan
butterfly words:
Shoshoni: waayapputunkih
Kaibab Paiute: aïcïvïtsi (<ï> = <barred-i>, <c> = <long-s>)
Luiseño: avéllaka
Hopi: povolhoya (monarch: hookona)
And an Athabaskan butterfly word:
Navajo: k'aalógii
Dirk
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Dirk Elzinga
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"I believe that phonology is superior to music. It is more variable and
its pecuniary possibilities are far greater." - Erik Satie
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