Me:xi'co = moon navel, maguey navel, E.T.'s navel....??

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Mariotzin huan listeros:
	me:tz-tli + xi:c-tli + -co = me:tzxi:cco (en el ombligo de la luna)
	me-tl + xi:c-tli + -co= mexi:cco (en el ombligo del maguey)
Neither of these resembles me:xihco (Mexico)
The only thing we can assume is that is that the root of me:xihco is  
the unattested noun "me:xihtli".
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
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On Jul 23, 2009, at 7:08 PM, micc2 wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> As if  2012, In Lakech, and Mexica Tiahui had not burnt out our  
> little grey cells.......
>
> The name Mexico has been interpreted by new Age types as "the place  
> of the navel of the moon,"  "the place of the navel of the maguey"
>
> My question is, if the word is Me:xi'co  (long vowel E, and glottal  
> stop after the short vowel I), what would be the argument for or  
> against these two interpretations? And if this is not correct, what  
> would be?
>
> I understand that the Modern Nahuatl name for Mexico is: "Mexco."  
> Would that have some linguistic root in the meaning of the word in  
> classic times?
> I argue that the "creators" of these two analysis of Mexico ignore  
> vowel length and glottal stops.... Am I wrong?
> If Huitzilopochtli was seen as a tribal/solar deity, and he had just  
> "dismembered"  his sister Coyolxauhqui (who some claim is the  
> moon... but I think she is a terrestrial deity that symbolizes the  
> "old guard" of Teotihuacan and the Toltecs... but I digress again)  
> at Coatepec (that then becomes the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan),  
> why would the name of his capital be related to the moon?
> If the name means the navel of the maguey..... would it not be  
> incongruous, since at that time the island of Mexico was a very wet  
> and probably cold alpine area, not the best environment for an  
> agave.....?
> I understand that Me:xi'co means the place of the Me:xi'ca.... which  
> means the "people of Mexi."  is there a study which I can point to  
> that shows this etymology?
>
> Mario, always ready to learn.....
>
> I live for reasoned, enlightened spirituality:
>
> "Tlacecelilli", tranquilidad, paz
>
>
> Mario E. Aguilar, PhD
> www.mexicayotl.net
>
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