[Aztlan] mayan words in english and spanish

[Elaine Day Schele]

I believe that hurricane is another word from ancient Mesoamerica, but I am
not the language expert, so maybe someone could confirm that.

Elaine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sharon mcmullen orlet" <ojuliana at sbcglobal.net>
To: "aztlan" <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:27 AM
Subject: [Aztlan] mayan words in english and spanish


> okay, so maybe zik' ar  is a rolled tobacco   is a cigar
>
> what other mayan words are used in english and spanish?
>
>                         chok        is        shark?
>                         chukua    is        cocoa?
>
> i wonder what the collected wisdom will find of used words.
>
> sharon mcmullen orlet
> ojuliana at sbcglobal.net
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