te.

_Natal_, the memory.

_Natub_, the soul or shadow of a man.

_Noh_, the god of reason ("Genius der Vernunft," Scherzer).

_Noh_, to fecundate, to impregnate (_Popol Vuh_).

TZENTAL.

_X-qna_, to know.

_X-qnaulai_, to know often or thoroughly (frequentative).

_Naom_, wise, astute (_naom vinic_, hombre sabio).

_Naoghi_, art, science.

_Naoghibal_, memory.

_Ghnaoghel_, a wise man.

_Alaghom naom_, the Goddess of Wisdom.

_From the Zapotec, of Oaxaca_.

_Nana_, _gana_, _gona_, to know.

_Nona_, to know thoroughly, to retain in the memory.

_Nana ticha_, or _nona lii_, a wise man.

_Guela nana_, or _guela nona_, wisdom, knowledge.

_Hue gona_, or _ro gona_, a teacher, a master.

_Na lii_, truth; _ni na lii_, that which is true.

_Nacina_, or _naciina_, skill, dexterity.

_Hui naa_, a medicine man, a "nagualist."

_Nahaa_, to speak pleasantly or agreeably.

_Nayaa_, or _nayapi_, to speak easily or fluently.

_Rigoo gona_, to sacrifice, to offer sacrifice.

_Ni nana_, the understanding, the intelligence, generally.

_Nayanii_, the superior reason of man.

_Nayaa_, } superiority, a superior man (gentileza, gentil hombre).
_Naguii_, }

_From the Nahuatl, of Mexico_.

_Naua_, to dance, holding each other by the hands.

_Naualli_, a sorcerer, magician, enchanter.

_Nauallotl_, magic, enchantment, witchcraft.

_Nauatl_, or _nahuatl_, skillful, astute, smart; hence, superior;
applied to language, clear, well-sounding, whence (perhaps) the
name of the tongue.

_Nauati_, to speak clearly and distinctly.

_Nauatlato_, an interpreter.

=38.= I believe that no one can carefully examine these lists of words,
all taken from authorities well acquainted with the several tongues, and
writing when they still retained their original purity, without
acknowledging that the same radical or syllable underlies them all; and
further, that from the primitive form and rich development of this
radical in the Zapotec, it looks as if we must turn to it to recognize
the origin of all these expressions, both in the Nahuatl and the Maya
linguistic stocks.

The root _na_, to know, is the primitive monosyllabic stem to which we
trace all of them. _Nahual_ means knowledge, especially mystic
knowledge, the Gnosis