Huitznahuic

[John F. Schwaller]

My original feeling was that it was Huitznahuac [as in the centzon
huitznahuac] which had gotten garbled in the last few decades, but
Villalonga assured me that huitznahuic was the correct form.




> Quoting "John F. Schwaller" <schwallr at potsdam.edu>:
>
>> Recently I received a query from Catalunya regarding the name
>> Huitznahuic, which was the name locals had given to the Pyramid of the
>> Sun at Teotihuacan.
>
>
> It *looks like* 'thorn-four-place', from huitz-na:hui-c
>
> ...although *huitzna:uhco" sounds better to me.
>
> Anybody have an idea?
>
> Michael
>
>
>>
>>>> > >> First Name: Anabel
>>>> > >> Last Name: Villalonga Gordaliza
>>>> > >> Email: annabel.villalonga at uab.cat
>>>> > >> Culture: Teotihuacan
>>>> > >> Abstract: I would like to know about the meaning of
>>>> \"Huitznahuic\"
>>>> > >> because I found that in s.XIX some people from San Juan
>>>> Teotihuacan
>>>> > >> called the Sun Pyramid with this name. I\'m doing my thesis and
>>>> Dr.
>>>> > >> Alfonso Lacadena from Madrid suggested me to contact with you.
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> *****************************
>> John F. Schwaller
>> President
>> SUNY - Potsdam
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John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Ave.
Potsdam, NY  13676
schwallr at potsdam.edu


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