calli

Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kali

Central Nahuatl: calli

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR.

16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.
chico açe cale / q̃ quiere dezir / seis casas.
chico açe cale. [sic] which means “six houses”.

(it is) the third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, a stylized one-room house


iglesia

Borrowed from Spanish iglesia (“church”), from Old Spanish eglesia, from Vulgar Latin eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”).

der

Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

(colonial) (it is) the Roman Catholic Church.


tenamitl

From tetl (“rock”) + *nāmitl; compare chināmitl (“cane fence”) (Andrews 2003).


huehuetl

1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Can comoni, con comoni, huehuetl

2019, “Itlach In Mictlantecuhtli”, performed by Cemican:


tlacamazatl

tlācatl "person" + mazātl "deer; wild beast; horse"

de sagitario. ypan quicuepa centauro tlacamaçatl

17C: Chimalpahin, British and Foreign Bible Society MS 374, vol. 3, fol. 64r.

De nobiebre. Sangitarius tlacamaçatl

A centaur (in descriptions of the sign of Sagittarius).


mecahuehuetl

From mecatl (“cord”) + huēhuētl (“drum”).

Laud inſtrumento muſico. mecaueuetl.
(Lute, musical instrument. mecaueuetl.)

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 152v:

mecaueuetl. viguela, o harpa.
(mecaueuetl. a vihuela or harp.)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:


tlacatlacuiloliztli

tlacatl (“person”) + tlacuiloliztli (“painting”)

compound

Pintura de hombres. tlacatlacuiloliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 196v:


tlacatlahcuiloh

tlācatlahcuiloh (canonical)
tlācatlahcuilohqueh (plural)

Pintor de hombres. tlacatlacuilo.


cuicatl

Canto cancion. cuicatl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 42v:

Idem, f. 43r.

Cancion o canto.cuicatl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 24r. col. 1:

Idem, f. 24r. col. 2.

Idem, f. 26v. col. 1.


teohcalli

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teohcalli inan (teohcalli plural, teohcalli)

From a glottalized form of teōtl (“God”) + calli (“a house; building”).

compound

Ygleſia.lo meſmo vel,teopã.teopantli.teocalli.teopancalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 146v:

A church building. the same as teopã.teopantli.teocalli.teopancalli.

ibid., f. 233r.
Templo. teucalli teupantli
A temple. teoualli. teupantli

(colonial, Catholicism) (it is) a church; a church house.


teopan

From teōtl (“god”) + -pan (“forming locations, -ium”).

suffix

A temple, a shrine dedicated to any of multiple Aztec deities.


amoxcalli

Equivalent to āmoxtli (“book”) + calli (“house, building”).

compound

Libreria. amoxcalli.amacalli.amoxpialoyã.amoxtlatiloyã.amoxtlacentecoyan.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 155r:

Amoxcalli. libreria, o tienda de papel.
(Amoxcalli. library, or a paper store.)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 5v. col. 2:


chinancalli

From chināmitl (“cane fence”) + calli (“structure, house”).

Chinancalli.cercado de ſeto.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1:

A house or enclosure fashioned from cane or hedge.


mihtotihqui

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mihtōtihqui (animate, plural mihtōtihqueh)

mihtōtihqui (canonical)
mihtōtihqueh (plural)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 57r. col. 1:

Mitotiqui. dançante.


xayotl

/ˈʃaːjoːt͡ɬ/

xayotl. hezes.
(xayotl. feces.)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 158r. col. 2:


cuauhtlapantli

From cuahuitl (“tree, wood”) + tlapantli (“roof”).


huilocalli

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huīlōcalli (inanimate, plural huīlōcalli)

huīlōcalli (canonical)
huīlōcalli (plural)

From huīlōtl (“a pigeon; dove”) + calli (“a small structure; house”); .

compound

Palomar lugar donde criã. uilocalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187v:

A dovecote, a place where they breed [doves]. uilocalli.

Palomar lugar donde crian. vilocalli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 1:

A dovecote, a place where they breed [doves]. vilocalli.

Idem, f. 157v. col. 1.
Vilocalli.palomar.
Vilocalli. a dovecote.


tecpancalli

From tēcpan (“palace”) + calli (“house”).

Caſa real. uei tecpa. uei tecpãcalli.tlatocan.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v:

A royal house. uei tecpa. uei tecpãcalli.tlatocan.

Tecpan calli. caſas reales, o de grandes ſeñores.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 93r. col. 2:

Tecpan calli. royal houses, or [houses] of great lords.


axixcalli

From āxīxtli (“urine”) + calli (“house”).

Neceſſaria o priuada. cuitlacalli. axixcalli. nemanauilcalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179v:

A toilet or latrine. cuitlacalli. axixcalli. nemanauilcalli.

Idem, f. 202r.
Priuada. cuitlacalli. axixcalli.
A latrine. cuitlacalli. axixcalli.

Axixcalli. priuada, o las neceſſarias.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 10r. col. 2:


nemanahuilcalli

From nemānāhuīlli (“excrement”) + calli (“house”).

Neceſſaria o priuada. cuitlacalli. axixicalli. nemanauilcalli.

A toilet or latrine. cuitlacalli. axixicalli. nemanauilcalli.

Nemanauicalli. priuada, o las neceſſarias.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 67r. col. 1:


cuitlacalli

From cuitlatl (“excrement”) + calli (“house”).

Cuitlacalli.priuada, o las neceſſarias.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 1:


cuicaamatl

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cuīcaāmatl (inanimate, plural cuīcaāmatl)

cuīcaāmatl (canonical)
cuīcaāmatl (plural)

From cuīcatl (“a song; singing”) + āmatl (“paper; a book”).

compound

Cancionero. cuica amatl.

Cancionero.cuicaamatl.

Idem, f. 26v. col. 1.

Cuica amatl. a songbook, or a book for singing.

Cuica amatl.cancionero, o libro de canto.


campana yollohtli

From Spanish campana (“bell”) + yōllohtli (“heart”).

af

Badajo de campana. campana yollotli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 30v:

Badajo de campana. campana yollotli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 18r. col. 1:

Idem, f. 12r. col. 2.
Campana yollotli . badajo de campana.
Campana yollotli. a bell clapper.


yaocalli

From yāōtl (“war”) + calli (“house, structure”).

compound

Fortaleza edificio. yaocalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 126r:

Fortaleza edificio. yaocalli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 63v. col. 2:

Idem, f. 31r. col. 1.


teopixcachantli

From teōpixqui (“priest”) + chāntli (“house, home”).

Moneſterio de monges. teopixcacalli. teopixca- / chantli. teopixqueynchan.teopixque yncal.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 86v. col. 1:

A monastery for monks. teopixcacalli. teopixcachantli. teopixqueynchan.teopixque yncal.

Idem, f. 101r. col. 2.
Teopixcacalli. moneſterio de religioſos. / Teopixca chantli. idem.
Teopixcacalli. a monastery for churchmen. / Teopixca chantli. the same.


teopixcacalli

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teōpixcācalli (inanimate, plural teōpixcācalli)

teōpixcācalli (canonical)
teōpixcācalli (plural)

From teōpixqui (“priest”) + calli (“house”).

Idem, f. 101r. col. 2.

Teopixcacalli. a monastery for churchmen.

Teopixcacalli. moneſterio de religioſos.

(colonial, Christianity) (it is) a monastery.


hueyi tecpan

From huēyi (“something large, great”) + tēcpan (“palace”).

compound

Caſa real. vei tecpan. tlatocan.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2:

Idem, f. 155v. col. 2.

Vei tecpan. the houses or royal palaces of the great lords.

Vei tecpan.caſas o palacios reales y de grandes ſe / ñores.

A palace or royal complex; homes designated for the noble class.


malinalli

Paja para hazer caſas. ocoçacatl.malinalli.çacacueitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187r:

Straw used to build houses. ocoçacatl. malinalli. çacacueitl.

(it is) a twisted or braided grass stalk used as a building material

16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12v.
Vme maljnalj / q quiere dezir dos / yeruas deſte / nonbre por q tor / çer quiere dezir / maljnale

Vme maljnalj. which means “two weeds of this name”, because maljnale is also to say “to twist”.

(it is) the twelfth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a bundle of grass growing from a human jaw


xamixcalchihualoyan

From xamixcalli (“adobe brick”) + chīhualo, passive form of chīhua (“to make”) + -yān.

Ladrilleria donde ſe hazen. xamixcal copinaloyã.xamix / cal chiualoyã.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 151v:

A brickworks, the place where they [bricks] are made. xamixcal copinaloyã. xamixcal chiualoyã.


xamixcalcopinaloyan

From xamixcalli (“adobe brick”) + copīnalo, passive form of copīna (“to form, mould”) + -yān.


tecpan

Palacio real. tecpan.tlatocan.totecuacan.

A royal palace. tecpan. tlatocan. totecuacan.

Tecpan. caſa o palacio real, a de algun ſeñor de / ſalua.

Tecpan. a royal manor or place, or of a favored nobleman.

A royal or aristocratic residence; a palace or mansion.


tecuacan

Euphonic extension of *tēuccān, formed irregularly from tēuctli (“lord, nobleman”) + -cān, which should yield *tēccān.


tetzilacatl

percussion instrument
percussion instrument

A ceremonial percussion instrument of Aztec origin; consisting of a concave copper tray suspended from a rope, which is struck with a small, metal mallet or with the hand.


cihuanehtotiliztli

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cihuānehtōtīliztli (inanimate, plural cihuānehtōtīliztli)

cihuānehtōtīliztli (canonical)
cihuānehtōtīliztli (plural)

From cihuātl (“a woman”) + nehtōtīliztli (“a dance; dancing”).

compound

Ciua netotiliztli. dança de mugeres.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 2:

Ciua netotiliztli. a dance performed by women.

(it is) the dancing of women; a dance performed by women.


ocozacatl

From ocōtl (“pinewood; a pinewood torch”) + zacatl (“grass; hay”).

(it is) a bunch or bundle of pine needles, especially one used as a building material


mamali

(transitive) to drill a hole through something


tlapitzalli

From tla- + pītza (“to blow on”) + -lli.


teponaztli

teponāztli (canonical inanimate)
teponāztli (plural)

Tepunaztli. cierto palo hueco que tañen y hazen ſon cõel quando bailan o cantan.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 103v. col. 1:

Tepunaztli. a certain hollow stick that they play and make sounds with it when they sing or dance.

(it is) a slit drum; a hollow percussion instrument


teponaztzatzaztli

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teponāztzatzaztli inan (plural teponāztzatzaztli)

teponāztzatzaztli (canonical inanimate)
teponāztzatzaztli (plural)

From teponāztli (“drum”) + tzatzaztli (“support”).