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[grigsby tom]

Estimados Listeros,
 
A long time ago I collected for the village ojo de agua the word Atzontzompantla, which in Tepoztecan folk etymology was said to mean "the place where the water spreads out like hair."  from ? water+head hair+flag-like.  Any other suggestions or is this an acceptable gloss?
Thanks,
 
Tom Grigsby
 
Actually the old folks waxed a lot more poetic and with romantic license with something like, "Place where the water spreads out like the hair of a woman."


      
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