itlatla

[Campbell, R. Joe]

Nocnihuan,

   I'm hoping for a helping hand with a Nahuatl word: itlatla.  As you 
can see in the examples from the Florentine Codex included below, it 
seems to mean, "similar to it" or "its imitation".  Assuming that the 
initial 'i' might be a possessive prefix, I have searched for 
"notlatla", "motlatla", "intlatla", etc. without success.  I would 
appreciate any comments about its derivation or relationships.

Tlazohcamati de antemano,

Joe



itlatla

1.  huel iuhquin ayecotli. quitoa: quil *itlatla* in ayecotli.
       [its seed] is just like fat beans; they say that it is some sort
          of fat bean.  (b.11 f.13 p.132).

2.  quil *itlatla* in lechugas:
       they say it is some form of lettuce.  (b.11 f.14 p.139).

3.  quil *itlatla* in xonacatl.
       they say it is some kind of onion.  (b.11 f.14 p.139).

4.  *itlatla* in tonacayotl, huel iuhqui in toctli:
       it is similar to the maize: just like the maize stalk.  (b.11
          f.19 p.187).

5.  quitoa, *itlatla* in yiauhtli.
       they say it resembles yiauhtli.  (b.11 f.19 p.197).

6.  xihuitl, ihyac, huelic, ahuiac, ahuixtic, poyomatic, *itlatla* in
          poyomatli.
       it is an herb, aromatic, of pleasing odor, fragrant; pleasing,
          like the poyomatli, something like the potli.  (b.11 f.21
          p.212).

7.  auh in cualli quetzalitztli, in amo zan *itlatla*, in nelli huel
          yehhuatl: mitoniani, tlaihiyoanani; in mochichiqui:
       and the good emerald-green jade -- not the imitation -- the
          genuine [jade] attracts moisture; it attracts things when
          rubbed.  (b.11 f.22 p.222).







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