"chalchihuitl" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

IPA: /tʃaːltʃiwitɬ/, [tʃaːɬ.ˈtʃí.witɬ] Forms: chālchihuitl [canonical]
Etymology: Sharing a root with xihuitl (“turquoise”). Shared a logogram in Aztec writing with "water". Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|head=chālchihuitl}} chālchihuitl
  1. A precious green stone: greenstone, jade, turquoise. Categories (topical): Matter Synonyms: chalchiuhtli Derived forms: chalchiuhcalli, chalchiuhiximati, chalchiuhteuh, Chalchiuhtlicue
    Sense id: en-chalchihuitl-nci-noun-9NDKLh0M Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "Sharing a root with xihuitl (“turquoise”). Shared a logogram in Aztec writing with \"water\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chālchihuitl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "chālchihuitl"
      },
      "expansion": "chālchihuitl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Matter",
          "orig": "nci:Matter",
          "parents": [
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "chalchiuhcalli"
        },
        {
          "word": "chalchiuhiximati"
        },
        {
          "word": "chalchiuhteuh"
        },
        {
          "word": "Chalchiuhtlicue"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana\n... auh no yehuan quitemaca ... in chalchihuitl, in quetzalli, in teocuitlatl.\n... and they also give ... jade, plumes, gold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A precious green stone: greenstone, jade, turquoise."
      ],
      "id": "en-chalchihuitl-nci-noun-9NDKLh0M",
      "links": [
        [
          "greenstone",
          "greenstone"
        ],
        [
          "jade",
          "jade"
        ],
        [
          "turquoise",
          "turquoise"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chalchiuhtli"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃaːltʃiwitɬ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʃaːɬ.ˈtʃí.witɬ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalchihuitl"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chalchiuhcalli"
    },
    {
      "word": "chalchiuhiximati"
    },
    {
      "word": "chalchiuhteuh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chalchiuhtlicue"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sharing a root with xihuitl (“turquoise”). Shared a logogram in Aztec writing with \"water\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chālchihuitl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "chālchihuitl"
      },
      "expansion": "chālchihuitl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
        "Classical Nahuatl lemmas",
        "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Classical Nahuatl quotations",
        "nci:Matter"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1524, Bernardino de Sahagún, Coloquios y doctrina cristiana\n... auh no yehuan quitemaca ... in chalchihuitl, in quetzalli, in teocuitlatl.\n... and they also give ... jade, plumes, gold.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A precious green stone: greenstone, jade, turquoise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greenstone",
          "greenstone"
        ],
        [
          "jade",
          "jade"
        ],
        [
          "turquoise",
          "turquoise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʃaːltʃiwitɬ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tʃaːɬ.ˈtʃí.witɬ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "chalchiuhtli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalchihuitl"
}

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