>> An interview he did recently with a >> 100-year-old man in Ozumba. At one point, his informant states that he "built >> a >> house of zacate and cuilote." Cuilote is a 'stick' (palo or vara) and probably comes from the similar sounding word in Nahuatl (kwilo:tl) meaning 'stick'. Such sticks are used in roofing a thatch house.