tetzcohco

[Michael Mccafferty]

I don't have an answer for this. Sorta reminds of tetzahuiya and related
forms that have to do with shamanizing.

There is co:cohtli  a tube and also a turtledove. But that's not much
help.

An inhabitant of the place was known as a tetzcohcatl.

Miquel


On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Chi:chi:ltic Coyo:tl wrote:

>  Hi
>
> Would large stones (rocks) or stony ground (tescal, texcal) be a contender?
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> CC
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: idiez at mac.com
> Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2003 12:37:42 AM
> To: nahuat-l
> Subject: tetzcohco
>
> Karttunen gives the place name, "tetzcohco", whose root
> would supposedly be the noun "tetzcohtli". Does anybody
> know what this means?
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