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[mario]

I always thought that the word "acatl" meant cane, not reed.  Isn't the word
"to:lli" the correct one for reed?


mario e. aguilar
www.mexicayotl.org

Anthony Appleyard wrote:

> "Davius Sanctex" <davius_sanctex at hotmail.com> wrote:-
>  > La primera muestra, "Ceh huelta onia Acapulco", la de Lidia Cedillo,...
>
> Which reminds me: Karttunen's book says that the name Acapulco / Acapo:lco
> means "at the big useless reeds". Before the original native settlement was
> obliterated by holiday resort buildings, what did the name refer to? Was the
> natives' fishing boat harbor choked with Californian Giant Kelp, or what?
>
> Anthony Appleyard