Re: [ranchos] Name Calling

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Emilie,

 

I laughed when I saw the word surumata. We in our family still use it to chide ourselves or family members to imply "you dummy" when we do something stupid or are incompetent at something. I don't know that it's a word that exists in the spanish language dictionary. Thanks for putting this out there. I have never heard the word tarayata.

 

These last couple of days have been extremely engaging in terms of the dialogue going back and forth. We have discussed escribir en español, DNA project and language...........how exciting to hear intelligent people communicate thoughts, ideas, facts and theories and many subjects that relate to our heritage.

¡Gracias a todos!...........Alicia

Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:

I wonder if anyone in the group knows the meaning of two words used by my parents to chide us when we were children.  My mother, a Native American-Mexican from New Mexico used to call me "surumata".  My father, who was from Jerez, Zacatecas, used to call me "tarayata".  What are these names?  Are they Indian tribes, or what?

 

Thanks,

  

   Emilie Garcia

   Port Orchard, WA

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