The Güegüence; A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua

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Mohino, Sp. Applied to a mule proceeding from a stud and a jenny; also, peevish, cross.

[Mollule], or Muyule, Nah. Apparently from molotl, smart, clever, crafty; itself a derivative from yollo, able, ingenious, talented.

Monistilco, Nah. Apparently from monetli, son-in-law, with the postposition co, for, by, etc.

Mosamonte, Nah. mocemati, presumptuously, too boldly.

Motales, or Motalce, Nah. Derivatives, apparently, from motlaloa, to run, to carry messages, with the signification messengers.

Motel, Nah. p. 38. An interrogative negative particle, properly monel.

Moto, Sp. prov. Noisy, rowdyish; a noisy, blustering person. "El muchacho mal criado que motea." (Berendt, La Lengua Castellana de Nicaragua, MSS.)

Muchintes. The Sp. mucho, much, with the Nah. augmentative termination tzin, == very much, very extensive. Or else, the pure Nah. muchintin, all, plural of muchi.—Olmos, Gram. Nahuatl, p. 48.

Mudanzas, Sp. prov. The motions in a dance.

Muyule, see [Mollule].