[Aztlan] Uitzquauitl

[Larry Poulsen]

The Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl has the following

tezoatl -arbusto que crece en tierra caliente cuyas hojas hervidas con 
alumbre y con tlaliatl sevían para hacer un color muy fino (Sah).

It is spelled with an /o/ in place of the /u/ but is a name for a plant.

Tlaliatl is a mineral used to make black paint and ink.

Larry P

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Holly Parker" <yellowcat_29 at hotmail.com>
To: <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: [Aztlan] Uitzquauitl


>
> Thank you to all who have provided me with information on what exactly 
> Uitzquauitl (Brasilwood). I have been searching for almost a year, off and 
> on, and not really finding what I was looking for. Thank you.
>
> I am still at a loss as to what tezuatl is, as far as the Latin name goes. 
> It is also a plant, likely a tree. This one has proven to be a great 
> mystery, as I have never found a word even remotely similar to it 
> referring to plants in the dictionaries I have searched. As my Nahuatl is 
> non-existent, it's made this search very difficult. It was just a vague 
> reference that I found in the Florentine Codex.
> Sincerely,
> Holly Parker
> Universiteit Leiden
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