Tataltepec, Santa María Yucu Quesi totonqui: something hot tepe-tl: hill -c(o): locative suffix “Hill of Heat” yucu: hill quesi: scorching heat "Hill of Scorching Heat" Mary Elizabeth Smith, Picture Writing in Ancient Southern Mexico: Mixtec Place Signs and Maps, Civilization of the American Indian Series 124 (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973) 58-59. Genealogy of Tlazultepec.