tlachtli and ullamaliztli...

[magnus hansen]

Tlachtli is the name of the ballcourt. According to some this could extend
to the game itself.
Tlachco is tlachtli with the locative ending -co. It means "in the ball
court."
Ullamalliztli (Nahuatl has no vowel u it is in fact a long o that was
written as u, more correctlu it would be spelled ollamaliztli) is the name
of game itself.

The name of the ball is ullamaloni (ollamaloni).

olli is rubber.
ollama is the verb meaning "to play rubberball".
ollamalistli is the noun derived from above verb meaning rubberballplaying.
ollamaloni is the instrument derived from the verb above meaning "that which
is used to play ball"

Magnus Pharao Hansen
Univesity of Copenhagen
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