Tlen Huicani

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In my experience in the Huasteca (chicontepec region) the ver bto sing 
was "huica"

mario

John F. Schwaller wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> There is a musical group called Tlen Huicani that is performing here 
> in the US, originally from Veracruz.  Their website reports that the 
> name of the group means "the singers" in Nahuatl.
>
> Is this some variant in Veracruz Nahuatl where"cuicani" would become 
> "huicani'?
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> John F. Schwaller
> President - elect
> SUNY Potsdam
>
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