cuaxochtli

[Michael McCafferty]

Well, this shows some promise.

Michael

Quoting "Frye, David" <dfrye at UMICH.EDU>:

> Cactus and agaves (especially agaves -- magueyes) are planted to mark
> the borders between fields all over central Mexico. I don't know whether
> the flowers of nopales, organos, and/or magueyes are called "xochitl" or
> whether this could have anything to do with "cuaxochitli".
> 
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> David Frye
> Latin American & Caribbean Studies - LACS
> International Institute, University of Michigan
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nahua language and culture discussion
> [mailto:NAHUAT-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of ANTHONY APPLEYARD
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:33 AM
> To: NAHUAT-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: Re: cuaxochtli
> 
> --- Yukitaka Inoue Okubo <takaio at PO.AIANET.NE.JP> wrote:
> > Hello. Could anyone help me with the etymology of `cuaxochtli'
> > (land border, lindero)? Does it have something to do with "cuaitl" 
> > and/or "xochitl"? In some colonial documents I'm reading, I've also 
> > seen the form "cuaxochitli" instead ...
> 
> Uhh. `It-is-a-head-flower'. Was there a custom somewhere, of planting
> flowering bushes to mark land borders?
> 
> Citlalyani
>