Note 8 — INTRODUCTION.
Reading edition
The word mánkeme is a derivative from [chi]imá, the head, whence the Chapanec d[chi]ämä, the ruler or head man, and mand[chi]ämä, master, chief, in which word ma is a possessive prefix, and n a particle, sometimes relative, sometimes euphonic, of exceedingly frequent use in this tongue. It may be compared to the Nahuatl in.