Cornfield: A Loan Translation for the Number Thousand in Some Mexican Languages

Statement of Responsibility: 
Bartholomew, Doris A
Issue Date: 
1980-10
Is Part Of Series: 
International Journal of American Linguistics, 46(4)
Extent: 
pages 315-16
Description: 
A brief note about instances where the native word for 'cornfield' has the extended meaning for the concept 'thousand', presumably as result of contact with Aztec groups where the Aztec word for 'cornfield' corresponds with the Spanish.
Publication Status: 
Published
Country: 
Mexico
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Entry Number: 
2795