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The Huexotzinca, the Chalca, the Xochimilca, the Cuitlahuaca, the Malinalca, the Chichimeca, the Tepaneca, and the Matltazinca came from Quinehuayan.
Notes and Questions
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CT writes: Huexōtl means “sauce” (willow) according to Molina.
CT writes: The patientive noun of the verb malīna “torcer cordel encima del muslo” (M). It is also the name of a plant.
CT writes: Mātlatl means “net, sling” (K).
CT writes re: The etymology of this seems strange. The place name is cuitlahuac.
CT writes, re Chichimecah: Equally dubious etymology. There exists chichi (dog ) and chichi (long first I, to suckle) but the name of the group has two long I’s, which is neither.
CT writes, re Matlatzinca, Etymology needed
BEM: the etymology of foreign groups is tricky because sometimes they are simply Nahuatl approximations of names in other indigenous languages, or sometimes translations.
I've found that quinehuayan refers to a cave, but I can't figure out how the word is formed.