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<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Ok. But what does Tlalcosahua <i>
mean</i>? <br>
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I’m curious to hear John Sullivan’s two cents. John?<br>
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Ben<br>
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On 6/1/10 9:00 PM, "Michael McCafferty" <<a href="mmccaffe@indiana.edu">mmccaffe@indiana.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">la localidad de Tlalcosahua está situado en el Municipio de Huejúcar<br>
(en el Estado de Jalisco).<br>
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de PueblosAmerica.com<br>
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uoting "Leeming, Ben" <<a href="b.leeming@rivers.org">b.leeming@rivers.org</a>>:<br>
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> A couple of ideas from the New England contingent:<br>
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> I definitely agree that "sa" is really "za". Initially I was<br>
> thinking "zahua" as in "to fast"...but then the "tlalco" doesn't<br>
> quite work. I started working with Michael's "-huah" (preterit<br>
> agentive noun of possession suffix) and then may have hit on<br>
> something. What if that "coz" or even "coza" has to do with<br>
> "yellow", and "tlalcozahua" is something like "owner of yellow<br>
> earth"? But there's that "a" after "coz"...<br>
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> There's also the "coz" of "co:ztli" (necklace). The original post's<br>
> author didn't indicate vowel length so this might be possible. But<br>
> then there's that "a" of "coza" again... I did find "cozahuiya" (to<br>
> turn yellow). Could this shorten to give us "coza"?<br>
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> How about this? Karttunen has an entry for "cozehua" which she<br>
> defines as "to make something turn yellow" (which supports my<br>
> "coztic" theory). Perhaps "tlalcozahua" is really "tlalcozehua" and<br>
> means "to make (the) earth turn yellow".<br>
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> I guess I would ask the original post's author for some context.<br>
> What is the source? Can you give us some more of the passage? Is<br>
> there any hint at vowel length?<br>
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> What do others think?<br>
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> Ben<br>
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> Ben Leeming<br>
> Chair, History Department<br>
> The Rivers School<br>
> Weston, MA 02493<br>
> (781) 235-9300<br>
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> On 6/1/10 4:10 PM, "Michael McCafferty" <<a href="mmccaffe@indiana.edu">mmccaffe@indiana.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Quoting <a href="vazquezdiaz@aol.com">vazquezdiaz@aol.com</a>:<br>
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>> Please help me out with the meaning of the word TLALCOSAHUA<br>
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> Sounds like 'earth-ferret-haver'<br>
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> tla:l-co:zah-huah<br>
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> someone who has/owns an 'earth-ferret'...whatever that is. :-)<br>
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> Michael<br>
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