Huitznahuic

[Budelberger, Richard]

5 frimaire an CCXVIII (le 25 novembre 2009 d. c.-d. c. g.), 02 h 16 : 19,1 °C...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael McCafferty
To: John F. Schwaller
Cc: Nahuat-L
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] Huitznahuic

> Quoting John F. Schwaller:
>
> > 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

    huitz-tli + na:hui > huitzna:hui + -c > huitzna:huic ?

> ...although *huitzna:uhco" sounds better to me.
>
> Anybody have an idea?

    Non. Si, peut-être : la señora Villalonga Gordaliza
ne connaîtrait-elle pas le nom donné -- par symétrie ? -- 
par les « locals » à la pyramide de la Lune, permettant
de comprendre la construction -- huitzna:hui-c ? -- et
le sens à donner le cas échéant à huitztli ?..

> Michael
>
>
> >>> > >> First Name: Anabel
> >>> > >> Last Name: Villalonga Gordaliza
> >>> > >> 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.



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