Pre-Columbian charts showing Antilia, Satanazes, Saya and Ymana 2
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Word
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Explanation
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Translation
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Dictionary
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Relevance
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1424
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Ary?
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airi – Indigenous Brasilian tribes
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local people
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i is interchangeable with y (e.g., Antilia/Antylia). The indigenous people did originally come from Brasil.
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1463, 70, 76,
82
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con/cone
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anything with shape of cone “quelque objeto enforme de cone”
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volcano
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Cone and con are shown in Guadalupe (Satanazes) in the positions of Soufriere and Mons San Toucher and on Puerto Rico where El Toro and Pico del Este are – all four are conical mountains.
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1480
1489
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cua cusa
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cucuzza = pumpkins
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squashes
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These are shown on the coastal plain to the east of the Sierra de Luqvillo around Fajardo, originally an agricultural centre.
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1480
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chuve
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tropical rain
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tropical rain
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More than 100 in. p.a. here
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1424
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cyodue ?
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becomes chove (Canepa) = deluge of rain or ciodue = double darkness
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tropical rain
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In the western Cordillera there is frequent tropical rain, providing the headwater for the island’s largest rivers – Rio Grande de Loiza and Rio de la Plata.
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1470
1472
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ducha
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Castilian – shower from heaven = shower with medicinal qualities (tubo de agua)
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waterfall
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Shown where the Kerukera falls “the waterfalls from heaven” splash into the sea down the eastern slops of Soufriere.
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1424
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dixena
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This island is called Antillia
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is called
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A normal description
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1424
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dixemo
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We call this Satan’s Island
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we call
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A pejorative disapproving description
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1476
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ena
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off!
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1480
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ansa
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ensa
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water
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The marshes at the delta of the Grande Rio de Anasco
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1476
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ensa
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water (Veneto)
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water
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Again, marshes of the delta of the Grande Rio de Anasco.
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1424
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ixolla
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isola
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island
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x and s are interchangeable in mediaeval Portuguese.
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1424
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ja
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emphasises what follows, viz “Ja estou entendo”
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(emphasis)
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1424
1470
1482
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y mana
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y = (there) mana = “erupts”
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there erupts
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This applies to Soufriere (1476m), La Citerne and l’Echelle, all of which erupted between 1400 and 1440.
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1424
1489
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Marnlio or Marolio
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marnlio (1424 becomes marolio (1489) (Canepa) = plant of family annonaceae
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tropical fruit
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Annonaceae family includes star fruit, sweet and sour sops, paw paws and custard apples. The name is placed north of Ponce, today the main tropical fruit canning aea of Puerto Rico.
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