The word "mano" means "hand" in Spanish. But, it means "corn grinder" when referring to Indians?
Mano & Metate are both Spanish.
The mano being what you hold in your "hand" to grind the corn on the metate... (the grinding bowl)
Not sure what the Indians called them... Aside from lots of Indians speaking Spanish. Especially in the SW.
I think metate is Nahuatl, Barry. There is also a Nahuatl word for the mano too. But I cannot remember it. Sounds a bit like metate tho
One would be amazed at the number of Nahuatl words used today on both sides of the Rio Grande. Like Guajalote etc. Dr. Pete Gregory prof of Anthropology at Northwestern state univ. in Natchitoches La. wrote an article on the number of Nahuatl words infused into the Adai Caddo vocabulary after they were moved to Bejar and then back to NW Louisiana in the mid to late 18th century.
Vast majority of flora and faunal names used in S. Texas and N. Mexico today are Nahuatl.
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