[Aztlan] Ball game or just ball court?

[John Schwaller]

Tlachtli is the game itself

tlachco would be the "place of the game;"  the final -co, is a locative, 
denoting that it is a location  of the game (tlach + co).

As for a Zapotec origin, I cannot comment.  It works like a standard 
Nahuatl stem.





Gordon Whittaker wrote:
> Dear John and Joe,
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong but isn't tlachtli just the ball court, not
> the ball game itself? The Spanish use of 'juego' tends to blur the
> distinction, but do we actually have clear cases in Nahuatl texts of the
> term being used for the game? Tlachtli looks to me like a loan from
> Zapotec, as I think I may have argued in my dissertation. My memory's not
> what it used to be.
>
> Best,
> Gordon
>
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