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In classical nahuatl " popoca " and " ihpoca " mean both =91to smoke, to =
emit smoke=92 but if they are related to stones (especialy " teoxihuitl =
", fine turquoise) they cannot be translated so.=20

With " huel popoca " is a high quality of the precious stone expressed =
(Sah10,60. Sah11,222. Sah 6,113). In this context " popoca " doesn=92t =
mean =91it smoke=92 but rather =91it is glowing, it is resplendent=92.=20

There are also compounds such as " xippopoca " or " teoxippopoca " which =
mean =91to resplendent like turquoise or like fine turquoise=92 and =
which are used to describe blue birds, the Blue honeycreeper (" =
chalchiuhtototl ". Sah11,21) and the Costa hummingbird (" xiuhhuitzilin =
". Sah11,24).=20

But the smoke (metaphor ?) comes back. When those who were experts in =
precious stones, at the early morning, sought stones, they used to find =
the just place in seeing a little smoke (" poctontli ") above the place =
where precious stones were buried (Sah11,221). I do not understand how =
the =91smoke=92 can reveal the fineness of the stone.

If anyone here can help me.

Alexis Wimmer

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In classical nahuatl " popoca " and " ihpoca " =
mean both=20
‘to smoke, to emit smoke’ but if they are related to stones=20
(especialy " teoxihuitl ", fine turquoise) they cannot be =
translated=20
so. 
With " huel popoca " is a high quality of the precious =
stone=20
expressed (Sah10,60. Sah11,222. Sah 6,113). In this context " =
popoca "=20
doesn’t mean ‘it smoke’ but rather ‘it is =
glowing, it is=20
resplendent’. 
There are also compounds such as " xippopoca " or "=20
teoxippopoca " which mean ‘to resplendent like turquoise or =
like fine=20
turquoise’ and which are used to describe blue birds, the Blue=20
honeycreeper (" chalchiuhtototl ". Sah11,21) and the Costa =
hummingbird=20
(" xiuhhuitzilin ". Sah11,24). 
But the smoke (metaphor ?) comes back. When those who were experts in =

precious stones, at the early morning, sought stones, they used to find =
the just=20
place in seeing a little smoke (" poctontli ") above the place =
where=20
precious stones were buried (Sah11,221). I do not understand how the=20
‘smoke’ can reveal the fineness of the stone.
If anyone here can help me.
Alexis Wimmer
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