base, foundation, starting point; buttocks, bottom, anus (see Karttunen); pictured visually in glyphs as the lower half of the body, in place names tzintli can also refer to a lower place, such as at the foot of a hill, or a smaller place, given that -tzin can be a diminutive and not just a reverential; -tzinco can be a suffix used for spin-off towns that re-use an original place name (Karttunen)