"citlalin" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

IPA: [s̻iˈt͡ɬaː.lin̥] Forms: citlālin [animate, canonical], cīcitlāltin [plural], citlali [alternative], citlalli [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|plural|cīcitlāltin|g=an|head=citlālin}} citlālin anim (plural cīcitlāltin)
  1. (it is) a star. Derived forms: citlālloh, citlāltepitōn, citlāltōn, citlāltōntli, huēyi citlālin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "citlali",
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  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Celestial bodies",
          "orig": "nci:Celestial bodies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "citlālloh"
        },
        {
          "word": "citlāltepitōn"
        },
        {
          "word": "citlāltōn"
        },
        {
          "word": "citlāltōntli"
        },
        {
          "word": "huēyi citlālin"
        }
      ],
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              8,
              16
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          ],
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              10,
              18
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          ],
          "english": "A star. citlalli. [sic]",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 120r:",
          "text": "Eſtrella. citlalli. [sic]",
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          "english": "A star. citlali.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 61r. col. 2:",
          "text": "Eſtrella.citlali.",
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          "english": "And so wise were they [that] they understood the stars which were in the heavens; they gave them names and understood their influence",
          "ref": "1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex, volume 10, folio 117v:",
          "text": "auh injc tlamatinj catca, qujmjximatia in ilhujcac onoque cicitlalti, qujntocamacaque: auh qujmatia in jmjhiio",
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          "english": "with gold edges all around, which are somewhat wide, and it is speckled all over with gold stars; the stars total forty-six.",
          "ref": "1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, C.M., and James Lockhart, The Story of Guadalupe Luis Laso de la Vega’s Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, pages 90-91:",
          "text": "huel nohuian teocuitlatene, achi patlactic inic tene; auh nohuian teocuitlaçiçitlallo: auh in ye mochintin çiçitlaltin ompohualtin onchiquaçẽteme.",
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        "(it is) a star."
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    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "citlāltepitōn"
    },
    {
      "word": "citlāltōn"
    },
    {
      "word": "citlāltōntli"
    },
    {
      "word": "huēyi citlālin"
    }
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          "english": "A star. citlalli. [sic]",
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          "text": "Eſtrella. citlalli. [sic]",
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          "text": "Eſtrella.citlali.",
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              54
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              58,
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          "text": "auh injc tlamatinj catca, qujmjximatia in ilhujcac onoque cicitlalti, qujntocamacaque: auh qujmatia in jmjhiio",
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              96
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              107
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              107,
              118
            ]
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          "ref": "1649, Luis Laso de la Vega, translated by Lisa Sousa, Stafford Poole, C.M., and James Lockhart, The Story of Guadalupe Luis Laso de la Vega’s Huei tlamahuiçoltica of 1649, pages 90-91:",
          "text": "huel nohuian teocuitlatene, achi patlactic inic tene; auh nohuian teocuitlaçiçitlallo: auh in ye mochintin çiçitlaltin ompohualtin onchiquaçẽteme.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "a star."
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        "(it is) a star."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[s̻iˈt͡ɬaː.lin̥]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "citlalin"
}

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