[Aztlan] In Lakech

[micc2]

Thank you for the insight.... but as was asked earlier:

/...Thanks, Paul. ... What about the construction, "In ____ ech"?  What would be the best Yucatec translation of that (or something like it) if one filled the blank with láak'?
 
John Hoopes/


/"You're my friend (or companion)". It is an expression of deep affection, and if someone on the 
the peninsula tells you this, you really should feel honoured ..."

/

Indeed that is how it is used here amongst Chicano/Mexcoehuani


/..."The word I know is "ayetail" - literally, with-comer. (ahYET-tie-eel) Some have found their own kind of joy in proposing that Yucatec has no word 
for "friend." Not so."

/
I have heard the same from some "Nahuatl" experts. 
But I understand that "noiuhniuh" (in classic orthography, in "modern: noiknij") or "My sibling"  also is used as "my friend" in modern Nahuatl...


Cultural/Linguistic Kids say the darnedest things, no?



Mario

I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:

"Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz


Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
www.mexicayotl.net




Matthias Gorissen wrote:
>> I have heard for the past 39 years IN Chicano art/indigenist/political
>> arenas,  the phrase "In Lakech" (or some other orthographic variation)
>> as being "Maya" for "you are my other self."
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>> A great concept of compassion, kindness, and love.... but is it real?
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>> Any thoughts on what "Mayan" language it could come from?
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> Yes, it is real - in Yucatec Maya it means something like "You're my friend 
> (or companion)". It is an expression of deep affection, and if someone on the 
> the peninsula tells you this, you really should feel honoured ...
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