CodalSearch this book — or all of Codal…⌘K
nydus/Anahuac: Or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and ModernPublic
Page 387 of 425
Table of Contents

APPENDIX.

  1. me(?)(in me-catl, binding-thing, chain?) to bind SANS., mû, mava.
  1. qua, to eat, bite: compare SANS. charv, to chew, bite, gnaw; chah, to bruize; khad, to eat.; GERMAN, kauen; ENG., to chew.
  1. te, thou. SANS. tvam; LAT., tu.
  1. quen, how? SANS. kena.

Other curious resemblances between the Aztec and European languages are:

  1. pepeyol, poplar. LAT., populus; ICEL., popel.
  1. papal (papal-otl), butterfly; LAT., papilio.
  1. 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

387