Cuaxochtli

[John F. Schwaller]

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:06:48 -0800
Subject: Cuaxochtli
From: Karen Dakin <dakin at SERVIDOR.UNAM.MX>
To: <NAHUAT-L-request at LISTS.UMN.EDU>



I remember hearing a discussion of cuaxochtli among ethnohistorians in
Mexico, and another possibility noted was that it is from cua-(witl) 'tree'
plus xoch- 'flower', because flowering trees were (and possibly still are)
boundary markers at times, since they are easily distinguished, at least
during the time they bloom.

Karen Dakin