36/43 du Mexique_, p.2.These terms bear the severest scrutiny. The Aztec appellation of the Supreme Being _Tloque nahuaque_ is compounded of _tloc_, together, with, and _nahuac_, at, by, with, with possessive forms added, giving the signification, Lord of all existence and coexistence (alles Mitseyns und alles Beiseyns, bei welchem das Seyn aller Dinge ist. 642). The Algonkin term _Kittanittowit_ is derived from _kitta_, great, _manito_, spirit, _wit_, an adjective termination indicating a mode of existence, and means the Great Living Spirit (Duponceau, u. s.). |