tetzcohco

[Michael Mccafferty]

Brad's suggestion is interesting, and it does happen for example in North
Africa, so I'm told. I've never seen it in midcontinental North America
among Algonquian speakers, and I wonder if there is evidence that the
Nahua-speaking folks in the valley of Mexico reconstituted earlier place
names. Some language groups, such as the Anglo-Saxons, don't have much a
proclivity to do this.

I enjoyed Galen's explanation of the glyph for the town's name. I have one
more idea and I'll get back with it tomorrow.

Michael

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Coon, Brad wrote:

> Perhaps it represents a Nahuatlized version of a pre-existing (i.e.,
> pre-Nahua speakers
> in the area) place name.
>
> Brad Coon
> Reference Librarian
> The Libraries-Montana State University
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Mccafferty [mailto:mmccaffe at indiana.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:22 AM
> To: Chi:chi:ltic Coyo:tl
> Cc: idiez at mac.com; nahuat-l at mrs.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: tetzcohco
>
>
> I don't have an answer for this. Sorta reminds of tetzahuiya and related
> forms that have to do with shamanizing.
>
> There is co:cohtli  a tube and also a turtledove. But that's not much
> help.
>
> An inhabitant of the place was known as a tetzcohcatl.
>
> Miquel
>
>
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Chi:chi:ltic Coyo:tl wrote:
>
> >  Hi
> >
> > Would large stones (rocks) or stony ground (tescal, texcal) be a
> contender?
> >
> > CC
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: idiez at mac.com
> > Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2003 12:37:42 AM
> > To: nahuat-l
> > Subject: tetzcohco
> >
> > Karttunen gives the place name, "tetzcohco", whose root
> > would supposedly be the noun "tetzcohtli". Does anybody
> > know what this means?
> >
> > John Sullivan, Ph.D.
> > Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C.
> > Francisco García Salinas 604
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> > Zacatecas, Zac. 98053
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> > idiez at mac.com
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> >
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Michael McCafferty
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
47401
mmccaffe at indiana.edu

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