Nahuatl Digest, Vol 179, Issue 1

[Michael McCafferty]

la localidad de Tlalcosahua está situado en el Municipio de Huejúcar 
(en el Estado de Jalisco).

de PueblosAmerica.com


uoting "Leeming, Ben" <b.leeming at rivers.org>:

> A couple of ideas from the New England contingent:
>
> I definitely agree that "sa" is really "za".  Initially I was
> thinking "zahua" as in "to fast"...but then the "tlalco" doesn't
> quite work.  I started working with Michael's "-huah" (preterit
> agentive noun of possession suffix) and then may have hit on
> something.  What if that "coz" or even "coza" has to do with
> "yellow", and "tlalcozahua" is something like "owner of yellow
> earth"?  But there's that "a" after "coz"...
>
> There's also the "coz" of "co:ztli" (necklace).  The original post's
> author didn't indicate vowel length so this might be possible.  But
> then there's that "a" of "coza" again...  I did find "cozahuiya" (to
> turn yellow).  Could this shorten to give us "coza"?
>
> How about this?  Karttunen has an entry for "cozehua" which she
> defines as "to make something turn yellow" (which supports my
> "coztic" theory).  Perhaps "tlalcozahua" is really "tlalcozehua" and
> means "to make (the) earth turn yellow".
>
> I guess I would ask the original post's author for some context.
> What is the source? Can you give us some more of the passage?  Is
> there any hint at vowel length?
>
> What do others think?
>
> Ben
>
> Ben Leeming
> Chair, History Department
> The Rivers School
> Weston, MA 02493
> (781) 235-9300
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> On 6/1/10 4:10 PM, "Michael McCafferty" <mmccaffe at indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> Quoting vazquezdiaz at aol.com:
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>> Please help me out with the meaning of the word  TLALCOSAHUA
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> Sounds like 'earth-ferret-haver'
>
> tla:l-co:zah-huah
>
> someone who has/owns an 'earth-ferret'...whatever that is. :-)
>
> Michael
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