Fwd: Hoitzitziltototl

[John F. Schwaller]

I received this inquiry directly from Prof. Corti.

I assume that this person is asking about 
huitziltototl or a hummingbird.  Is there some 
reason that the -tzi- would be reduplicated in the middle?



>From: Elio Corti <eliocorti at summagallicana.it>
>To: John F Schwaller <schwallr at morris.umn.edu>
>Subject: Hoitzitziltototl
>
>Dear Mr Schwaller,
>I do need, if possible, to identify a bird – 
>Hoitzitziltototl – about which is speaking 
>Bartolomeo Ambrosini in his Paralipomena 
>(additions) to the works of Ulisse Aldrovandi 
>(1522-1605) dealing with animals.
>
>Albrosini's Paralipomena were published in 1642 
>in Latin and in the chapter of American small 
>birds he writes that there are small 
>multicolored birds called by Amerindians 
>Hoitzitziltototl (the old text of this word is 
>not too much clear), and these birds could be 
>called by Europeans as "multicolored bird".


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