Meanings of Names

[Lidia Gomez]

Listeros:

We discussed Frances Kartunen's traslation for nahuatl names at Luis Reyes'
Seminar and came up with some other translation:
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>>Matlalihuitl
>'Dark-Green Feather'

- It could be also "Purple  Feather" (pluma morada).  El nombre aparece
tambien en 'La historia de Tlaxcala' de Munnoz Camargo y en el documento
No. 254 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Paris en forma reverecial:
Matlalihuitzin.

>>Nochhuetl
>Don't know.  But the similar form Nochehuatl means 'consistent through and
>through' which strikes me as a quality the Nahua would have admired.

- Tuna, the one who posses tunas (poseedor de tunas).  El glifo de este
nombre es una tuna.


>>Matlal
>'Dark Green'
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- Net (red) or Crib (cuna).



Lidia



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