There is a great publication, a lexicon of sorts, of Colonial Spanish Terms and their English meanings. It is available under the Files - Reference Materials section of the site:
I believe that you´re looking for the definition in reference to what is written on some of the old actas ?
If you are then a coyote is an offspring of a mestizo and an indian .
Check out the castas in the albums section .
Welester
> What is a coyote/o/a / collote ... ?
> The modern dictionary doesn't help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>
In Mexican slang it is a person contracted to get people across the US
border illegally. Originally a Nahuatl word Coyotl.
Eric Edgar
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Stuart Armstrong wrote:
> What is a coyote/o/a / collote ... ?
> The modern dictionary doesn't help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>
Coyote and Other Colonial Spanish Terms
Stuart, et al.
There is a great publication, a lexicon of sorts, of Colonial Spanish Terms and their English meanings. It is available under the Files - Reference Materials section of the site:
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/16242
coyote- Stuart
Hi there Stuart ,
I believe that you´re looking for the definition in reference to what is written on some of the old actas ?
If you are then a coyote is an offspring of a mestizo and an indian .
Check out the castas in the albums section .
Welester
> What is a coyote/o/a / collote ... ?
> The modern dictionary doesn't help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>
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coyote
Stuart,
In Mexican slang it is a person contracted to get people across the US
border illegally. Originally a Nahuatl word Coyotl.
Eric Edgar
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Stuart Armstrongwrote:
> What is a coyote/o/a / collote ... ?
> The modern dictionary doesn't help.
> I assume it is a racial designation?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com
>