Meanings of Names

[Tezozomoc]

John,  I offer this analysis

for Matlal-ihuitl

As Joe has suggested, Dark-green + feather -> green feather.

For tlacoehua it is much harder.  Here are some permutations.

tlaco:tl -> stick
ehuatl -> shirt, skin, peeling, bark

One possible is piel de vara, camisa de vara, etc.

Another is Tlacoh -> slave
Piel de esclava.

Still another is Tlahco and I am leaning more towards this, third daughter.

There was the common practice of naming kids by the order of their birth.

I have seen nochehuatl as prickly pear peeling, but I did not see anything for
nochhuetl??

Necahual is derived from cahua -> to remain.

I have seen neca:hualo which means people remain.

Oh, well.....

Tezozomoc

"John F. Schwaller" wrote:

> In the list I sent out, I have some questions about what the names mean.
> Specifically I am a bit stumped on boys names:
> Matlalihuitl
> Nochhuetl
> Matlal  (net?)
>
> Female names:
> Tlaco (half?)
> Necahual
> Tlacoehua
>
> Any ideas?
>
> J. F. Schwaller, List owner
>
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