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<DIV>Apologies to all those who have requested that I cite the passage.</DIV>
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<DIV>The reason that I didn't give more context at the time is the the term is a
title, not part of a text. It comes from the Florentine Codex, Book 10, The
People and is the title to the section presented in the facing text as that
concerning 'The Pervert'. I am doing some research on Aztec gender and
sexuality, which is why I was trying to trace the roots of the word (to try and
examine its implications). I am wondering now whether it is simply a case that
Sahagún was told by his informants that this was the meaning of the term - you
would, however, expect some kind of logical root. </DIV>
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<DIV>I do not have the Nahuatl passage here, but will have to look it up when I
next am in the library. If anyone is able to supply it so that we can continue
the discussion then that would be much appreciated. The original is from
the <EM>Florentine Codex</EM>, Book 10, The People, p. 37 (from the 1961 Dibble
and Anderson edition). For purposes of identification, the English translation
of the text which follows the heading Suchioa/Pervert is: "<SPAN
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pervert [is] of feminine speech, of feminine mode of address. [If a woman, she
is] of masculine speech, of masculine mode of address; [she has] a vulva, a
crushed vulva, a friction-loving vulva. [He is] a corrupter, a deranger; one who
deprives one of his reason. She rubs her vulva on one; she perverts, confuses,
corrupts one."</SPAN></DIV>
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for all who have offered helpful comments despite my inadequate
quotation!</SPAN></DIV>
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