icoztica

īcōztica (canonical)
ycuztica (alternative)

third-person singular possessive singular of cōzticāyōtl; (it is) his, her or its yellowness.

Tōtoltetl īcōztic

(of an egg) third-person singular possessive singular of cōzticāyōtl; (it is) its yolk.


icualoca

īcualōca (canonical)
iqualoca (alternative)

īcualōca in tōnatiuh

An eating way of the sun; a solar eclipse

mētztli īcualōca

An eating away of the moon; a lunar eclipse

third-person singular possessive singular of cualōcāyōtl; (it is) its eating away, effacing; eclipse.


metztli icualoca

mētztli īcualōca (canonical)
metztli iqualoca (alternative)
metztli yqualoca (alternative)

From mētztli (“the moon”) + īcualōca (“its eating away; eclipse”).

compound

Eclipſi de luna. metztli yqualoca.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 48v. col. 2:

An eclipse of the moon. metztli yqualoca.

Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.
Metztli iqualoca. eclipſi de luna.
Metztli iqualoca. and eclipse of the moon.


iyiztaca

īyiztāca (canonical)
yyztaca (alternative)

third-person singular possessive singular of iztācāyōtl; (it is) his, her or its whiteness, pallidness.

iztācāyōtl

(of an egg) third-person singular possessive singular of iztācāyōtl; (it is) its white, albumen.


itehuilotca

ītehuilotca (canonical)
yteluilotca (alternative)

third-person singular possessive singular of tehuilotcāyōtl; (it is) its clarity, transparency; crystallinity.

tehuilotcāyōtl

(of an egg) third-person singular possessive singular of tehuilotcāyōtl; (it is) its white, albumen.


ipuñalton

third-person singular possessive singular of puñaltōntli; (it is) his or her small dagger.

third-person singular possessive plural of puñaltōntli; (they are) his or her small daggers.


totoltetl itehuilotca

tōtoltetl ītehuilotca (canonical)
totoltetl yteuilotca (alternative)

From tōtoltetl (“egg”) + ītehuilotca (“its transparency”).

Clara de hueuo crudo. totoltetl yteuilotca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 46v:

The white of an uncooked egg. totoltetl yteuilotca.

Totoltetl yyztaca. clara de hueuo. / Totoltetl yteuilotca. idem.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 150v. col. 1:

Totoltetl yyztaca. the white of an egg. / Totoltetl yteuilotca. the same.

the egg white or albumen, especially when uncooked


totoltetl iyiztaca

tōtoltetl īyiztāca (canonical)
totoltetl yyztaca (alternative)

From tōtoltetl (“egg”) + īyiztāca (“its whiteness, white color”).

Clara de hueuo cozido. totoltetl yyztac a.

The white of a cooked egg. totoltetl yyztaca.

Totoltetl yyztaca. clara de hueuo.

the egg white or albumen, especially when boiled or cooked


totoltetl icoztica

tōtoltetl īcōztica (canonical)
totoltetl ycuztica (alternative)

From tōtoltetl (“egg”) + īcōztica (“its yellowness, yellow color”).

Yema de hueuo. totoltetlycuztica.

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

Totoltetl ycuztica. yema de hueuo.


tlateochihuallaxcalli

tlateōchīhuallaxcalli (canonical)
tlateochiuallaxcalli (alternative)

From tlateōchīhualli (“something blessed, made holy”) + tlaxcalli (“bread”).

Tlateochiuallaxcalli. pan bendito.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 135r. col. 2:

(Christianity) leavened bread that has been blessed but not consecrated; antidoron.


innoch

[ˈíː.nːoːt͡ʃ]

third-person plural possessive plural of nōchtli; (they are) their prickly pears.

third-person plural possessive singular of nōchtli; (it is) their prickly pear.


nonoch

first-person singular possessive singular of nōchtli; (it is) my prickly pear.

first-person singular possessive plural of nōchtli; (they are) my prickly pears.


monoch

second-person singular possessive singular of nōchtli; (it is) your prickly pear.

second-person singular possessive plural of nōchtli; (they are) your prickly pears.


tonoch

first-person plural possessive plural of nōchtli; (they are) our prickly pears.

first-person plural possessive singular of nōchtli; (it is) our prickly pear.


amonoch

second-person plural possessive plural of nōchtli; (they are) your prickly pears.

second-person plural possessive singular of nōchtli; (it is) your prickly pear.


toltecatontli

tōltēcatōntli (canonical)
toltecatõtli (alternative)

From tōltēcatl (“he is an artisan, craftworker”) + -tōn, a diminutive suffix.

suffix

Maeſtro de alguna arte. tlamatini.temachtiani.toltecatl. / Maeſtro pequeño. tlamatinitõ.temachtianitõ.toltecatõtli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 160v:

The master of a particular art. tlamatini. temachtiani. toltecatl. / A lesser [such] master. tlamatinitõ. temachtianitõ. toltecatõtli.

diminutive of tōltecatl; (he is) a lesser or untalented artisan.


iyacal

third-person singular possessive singular of ācalli; (it is) his or her boat; canoe.

third-person singular possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) his or her boats; canoes.


nacal

first-person singular possessive singular of ācalli; (it is) my boat; canoe.

first-person singular possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) my boats; canoes.


tacal

first-person plural possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) our boats; canoes.

first-person plural possessive singular of ācalli; (it is) our boat; canoe.


amacal

second-person plural possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) your boats; canoes.

second-person plural possessive singular of ācalli; (it is) your boat; canoe.


iyaayo

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of āātl; (it is) its juice; sap, nectar.


tacayo

first-person plural inalienable possessive singular of ācatl; (it is) our urethra.

first-person plural inalienable possessive plural of ācatl; (they are) our urethras.


tacel

first-person plural possessive plural of acēlli; (they are) our nits; the nits on our bodies.


immeuh

third-person plural possessive plural of metl; (they are) their agaves.

third-person plural possessive singular of metl; (it is) their agave.


machcocolhuan

second-person singular possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) your great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


nachcocolhuan

first-person singular possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) my great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


tachcocolhuan

first-person plural possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) our great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


nachcocol

first-person singular possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) my great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


machcocol

second-person singular possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) your great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


iyachcocol

third-person singular possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) his or her great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


imachcocolhuan

third-person plural possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) their great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


tachcocol

first-person plural possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) our great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


imachcocol

second-person singular possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) their great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


amachcocolhuan

second-person plural possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) your great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


amachcocol

second-person plural possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) your great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


iyachcocolhuan

third-person singular possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) his or her great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


teachcocolhuan

impersonal possessive plural of āchcōcōlli; (they are) one's great-grandfathers; ancestors, forefathers.


teachcocol

impersonal possessive singular of āchcōcōlli; (he is) one's great-grandfather; ancestor, forefather.


achcocolli

From āchtli (“older brother”) + cōcōlli, a reduplicated form of cōlli (“grandfather”).


imamox

third-person plural possessive plural of āmoxtli; (they are) their books; manuscripts; documents.

āmoxtli

third-person plural possessive singular of āmoxtli; (it is) their book; manuscript; document.


nahciyan

first-person singular possessive singular of ahciyān; (at) my end; demise; terminus.


iyahciyan

third-person singular possessive singular of ahciyān; (at) his, her or its end; demise; terminus.


iyocuillo

third-person singular inalienable possessive plural of ocuilin; (they are) its worms; maggots.


moquichcho

second-person singular possessive singular of oquichchōtl; (it is) your seed; semen.


iyoquichcho

third-person singular possessive singular of oquichchōtl; (it is) his seed; semen.


teacal

impersonal possessive singular of ācalli; (it is) one's boat; canoe.

impersonal possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) one's boats; canoes.


noteohuan

first-person singular possessive plural of teōtl; (they are) my gods; deities.


moteouh

second-person singular possessive singular of teōtl; (he, she or it is) your god; deity.


toteouh

first-person plural possessive singular of teōtl; (he, she or it is) our god; deity.


amoteouh

second-person plural possessive singular of teōtl; (he, she or it is) your god; deity.


inteouh

third-person plural possessive singular of teōtl; (he, she or it is) their god; deity.


moteohuan

second-person singular possessive plural of teōtl; (they are) your gods; deities.


inteohuan

third-person plural possessive plural of teōtl; (they are) their gods.


teteouh

impersonal possessive singular of teōtl; (he, she or it is) one's god.


teteohuan

impersonal possessive plural of teōtl; (they are) one's gods.


innahuan

third-person plural possessive plural of nāntli; (they are) their mothers.


ihuallaliz

third-person singular possessive singular of huāllāliztli; (it is) his, her or its arrival; coming.


tecal

impersonal possessive singular of calli; (it is) one's house.

impersonal possessive plural of calli; (they are) one's houses.


neicxitapayolhuiliztli

football (sport played mostly with the feet, popular in Europe)


tlaayotilli

From tla- + āyōtia (“to water down”) + -lli.

Vino aguado. tlaayotilli vino.ayo vino.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 117v. col. 2:

Watered-down wine. tlaayotilli vino. ayo vino.

(it is) that which has been watered down; a watered-down beverage or other liquid.


tlaayotilli vino

From tlaāyōtīlli (“diluted liquid”) + vino (“wine”).

compound

Vino aguado. tlaayotilli vino.ayo vino.

Diluted wine. tlaayotilli vino. ayo vino.


capoloctli

From capolin (“wild cherry”) + octli (“fermented drink; pulque”).

Vino de cerezas.capuloctli.

Idem, f. 12v. col. 1.

(it is) an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of the wild cherry


capollah

From capolin (“wild cherry tree”) + -tlah.

Cerezal. capulla. capulquauhtla.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 34r. col. 2:

A cherry orchard. capulla. capulquauhtla.

Idem, f. 12v. col. 1.
Capulla . cerezal .
Capulla. a chery orchard.

(in) the place of many wild cherry trees; cherry orchard


capolcuauhtlah

From capolcuahuitl (“wild cherry tree”) + -tlah.

suffix

Cerezal. capulla. capulquauhtla.

Idem, f. 12v. col. 1.
Capulquauhtla . cerezal .
Capulquauhtla. a chery orchard.


christianosmeh

Based on Spanish christianos, plural of christiano (“a Christian”).

plural of christiano; (they are) Christians.


cemanahuactli imachiyo

cemānāhuactli īmachiyo (canonical)
cemanauactli ymachiyo (alternative)

From cemānāhuactli (“the world”) + īmachiyo (“its model”).

compound

M apamundi o bola de coſmografia. cemanauactli yma / chiyo.tlalicpactli ycemittoca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164v:

A world map or a cosmography ball. cemanauactli ymachiyo. tlalicpactli ycemittoca.

Mapamundi o bola de coſmografia. cemanauactli / ymachiyo.tlalicpactli ycemittoca.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1:

(it is) a map of the world; a terrestrial globe.

(it is) a chart of the cosmos; an armillary sphere.


imachiyo

third-person singular possessive singular of machiyōtl; (it is) his, her or its example; model; sign.


machiyotl

machiyōtl (canonical)
machiyōtl (plural)
machiotl (alternative)
machyotl (alternative)

Spanish: machote

Perhaps from machia (“to be known, discovered”) + -yōtl.

suffix

Dechado. machiotl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 67r:

Idem, f. 225v.

Machiotl. ſeñal. cõparacion, exẽplo, o dechado.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50v. col. 2:

Machiotl. a sign, or a comparison, example or model.

(it is) a representation of something; a model, example or sign

Figura de quatro angulos. nauhcampanacacemachiotl. y aſ / ſi delos de mas`

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 123v:

A shape with four angles. nauhcampanacacemachiotl. and likewise for the rest of them.

(it is) the form or outline of an area or figure; a shape.

Letra. lo miſmo. vel, machiyotl. tlatecpanoni. machiotlatoliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:

A letter. the same, or. machiyotl. tlatecpanoni. machiotlatoliztli.

(it is) a written or printed character; a letter


atonalmachiyotl

ātōnalmachiyōtl (canonical)
atonalmachiotl (alternative)

From ātl (“water”) + tōnalli (“day”) + machiyōtl (“model, representation”).

compound

Relox de agua. atonalittaloni. atonalmachiotl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 212r:

A water clock. atonalittaloni. atonalmachiotl.

Atonalittaloni. relox de agua. / Atonalmachiotl.idem.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 9r. col. 1:

Atonalittaloni. a water clock. / Atonalmachiotl. the same.


atonalittaloni

From ātl (“water”) + tōnalli (“day”) + ittalōni (“something seen; something visible”).

Relox de agua. atonalittaloni'. atonalmachiotl.

Atonalittaloni. relox de agua.


zacayaman

zacayamān (canonical)
zacayamānqui (alternative)
çacayamã (alternative)
çacayaman (alternative)

Apocopic form of synonymous zacayamānqui.

Paja para cama. çacayamanqui. pololçacatl. çacayaman.

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

Straw for beds. çacayamanqui. pololçacatl. çacayaman.

Paja p₋a cama. çacayamãqui. pololçacatl. çacayamã.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 91v. col. 2:

Straw for the bed. çacayamãqui. pololçacatl. çacayamã.

Idem, f. 13r. col. 2.
çacayaman. heno.
çacayaman. hay.

(it is) soft straw or hay, used especially to make beds or mattresses.


manzana octli

From manzana (“apple”) + octli (“pulque, wine”).

mãçana octli (alternative)
mançana octli (alternative)

Vino de mançanas. caſtilla texoco octli.mãçana octli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 244r:

Wine made from apples. caſtilla texoco octli. mãçana octli.

Vino de mançanas.caſtillan texoco octli. mançana / octli.

Wine made from apples. caſtillan texoco octli. mançana octli.

(it is) an alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice; hard cider


zacayamanqui

zacayamānqui (canonical)
zacayamān (alternative)
çacayamãqui (alternative)
çacayamanqui (alternative)

From zacatl (“hay, grass”) + yamānqui (“something soft”).


malinale

(Codex Magliabechiano) obsolete spelling of malīnalli


nauhcampa nacaceh machiyotl

nāuhcāmpa nacaceh machiyōtl (canonical)
nauhcampanacacemachiotl (alternative)

From nāuhcāmpa (“in four directions”) + nacaceh (“cornered object”) + machiyōtl (“model, figure”).

(geometry) (it is) a plane figure or object with four straight angles; a square or rectangle.


aceite cuauhtlah

From aceite cuahuitl (“olive tree”) + -tlah.

azeite quauhtla (alternative)
azeyte quauhtla (alternative)

Oliuar,lugar de oliuas. azeyte quauhtla.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 90r. col. 2:

An olive grove, a place of olive trees. azeyte quauhtla.


aceite cuahuitl

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aceite cuahuitl inan (plural aceite cuahuitl)

aceite cuahuitl (plural)
azeite quauitl (alternative)

From Spanish aceite (“oil; olive oil”) + Classical Nahuatl cuahuitl (“tree”).

Oliua o azeituno. azeite quauitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 183v:

Oliua o azeituno. azeite quauitl.


azeite quauitl

aceite cuahuitl
aceite cuahuitl#Classical_Nahuatl


cuauhneuczayoltin

plural of cuauhneuczāyōlin; (they are) arboreal honey bees.


ixachintin cuauhneuczayoltin

ixachintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (animate, plural only)

ixachintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (canonical)
yxachintin quauhnecuçayultin (alternative)

From ixachintin, plural form of ixachi (“many”), + cuauhneuczāyōltin (“honey bees”).

Enxambre de auejas. miequintin quauhnecuçayultin. yxachintin quauhnecuçayultin.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 109r:

Enxambre de auejas. miequintin quauhnecuçayultin.yxachintin quauhnecuçayultin. mimiauame.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 56v. col. 1:

A swarm of bees. miequintin quauhnecuçayultin. yxachintin quauhnecuçayultin. mimiauame.

(plural in form) (it is) a swarm of arboreal honey bees


mimiyahuameh

plural of mīmiyāhuatl; (they are) honey bees.


miyequintin cuauhneuczayoltin

miyequintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (animate, plural only)

miyequintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (canonical)
miequintin quauhnecuçayultin (alternative)

From miyequintin, plural form of miyec (“many”), + cuauhneuczāyōltin (“honey bees”).

(plural in form) (it is) a swarm of arboreal honey bees.


quilpalli

From quilitl (“herb, plant”) + pālli (“dye, color”).

compound

Cardenillo verde. quilpalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 44v:

Quilpalli. cardenillo, color entre azul y verde.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 89v. col. 2:

Quilpalli. verdigris, a color between blue and green.

(it is) the color of verdigris; blue green, turquoise, aquamarine.

Color verde. quilpalli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 2:

(it is) the color of plants and verdure; bright green, leaf green, emerald.


ollamaliztli

ōllamaliztli (canonical)
ullamaliztli (alternative)

Spanish: ulama

From ōllama (“to play in a ritual ball game”) + -liztli.

suffix

Iuego de pelota conlas nalgas. ollamaliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144v:

A ball game played with the buttocks. ollamaliztli.

Ollama. n. jugar a la pelota con las nalgas . Prete. onollan. / Ollamaliztli. juego de pelota deſta manera . ſ . el acto de jugar.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 76r. col. 2:

Ollama. n. to play a ball game with the buttocks. Preterite: onollan. / Ollamaliztli a ball game played in this manner, or the act of playing it.

(it is) a ritual sport in which two teams of players strike a solid rubber ball with the hips within a masonry ballcourt.

Ollama. n. to play a ball game using the buttocks. Preterite: onollan. / Ollamaliztli. a ball game played in this manner, or the act of playing it.

(it is) the act of playing this ball game, or an instance thereof.


nehuayo

first-person singular inalienable possessive singular of ēhuatl; (it is) my skin.


tehuayo

first-person plural inalienable possessive singular of ēhuatl; (it is) our skin.


mehuayo

second-person singular inalienable possessive singular of ēhuatl; (it is) your skin.


iyehuayo

īyēhuayo (canonical)
īēhuayo (alternative)

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of ēhuatl; (it is) his, her or its skin.


totlahtohcatzin

first-person plural honorific possessive singular of tlahtoāni; (he is) our revered lord or sovereign.


tetahtzin

tētahtzin (animate canonical)
tetaztin (alternative)

impersonal honorific possessive singular of tahtli; (he is) one's beloved father.


ipiltzin

third-person singular honorific possessive singular of pilli; (he or she is) his beloved child; son or daughter.


inantzin

third-person singular honorific possessive singular of nāntli; (she is) his or her beloved mother.


san Francisco teopixqueh

plural of san Francisco teōpixqui; (they are) Franciscan friars.


hicoxcuahuitl

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hīcoxcuahuitl (inanimate, plural hīcoxcuahuitl)

hīcoxcuahuitl (canonical)
hīcoxcuahuitl (plural)
īcoxcuahuitl (alternative)
hicoxquauitl (alternative)

Higuera.hicoxquauitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 140r:

Higuera. hicoxquauitl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 71r. col. 1:


hicoxcuauhtlah

hīcoxcuauhtlah (canonical)
īcoxcuauhtlah (alternative)
hicoxquauhtla (alternative)

From hīcoxcuahuitl (“fig tree”) + -tlah.

Higueral.hicoxquauhtla.

Higueral. hicoxquauhtla.


michmaliztli

From michma (“to fish, catch fish”) + -liztli.

suffix

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 195r:

The fishing of fish. tlatlamaliztli. michmaliztli. michaxiliztli.

Peſca de peces. tlatlamaliztli. michmaliztli. michaxiliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 95v. col. 1:

Idem, f. 56r. col. 1.

(it is) the catching of fish or shellfish; fishing.


michahxiliztli

From *michahci (“to catch fish”) + -liztli.

Idem, f. 56r. col. 1.


imilpan

third-person singular possessive singular of mīlpan; (in) his or her sown fields.


melon milpan

melon mīlpan (canonical)
melommīlpan (alternative)
melon milpa (alternative)

From melon (“melon”) + mīlpan (“sown field”).

Melonar. melommilpa n.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 168v:

Melonar. melommilpan.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 83v. col. 1:

Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.

(in) a field or plot of land sown with melon plants.


tlahtlamaliztli

Reduplicated form of tlamaliztli (“a taking of captives”).

Idem, f. 138r. col. 2.

Tlatlamaliztli. the act of fishing with a net.

Tlatlamaliztli. el acto de peſcar con red.

(it is) the catching of fish with a net; net fishing.


nomilpan

first-person singular possessive singular of mīlpan; (in) my sown fields.


momilpan

second-person singular possessive singular of mīlpan; (in) your sown fields.


immilpan

third-person plural possessive singular of mīlpan; (in) their sown fields.


milpan

Spanish: milpa

(in) agricultural land; cultivated fields, the country.


milpanecatl

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mīlpanēcatl (animate, plural mīlpanēcah)

mīlpanēcatl (canonical)
mīlpanēcah (plural)

From mīlpan (“agricultural land, the country”) + -catl.

suffix

Labrador ruſtico. millacatl.millatlacatl.milpanecatl.

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

A rustic farmer. millacatl.millatlacatl.milpanecatl.

(he or she is) a person who works the land or inhabits a rural area; a farmer.


milpanecah

plural of mīlpanēcatl; (they are) inhabitants of a rural area; farmers.


millahtlacatl

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mīllahtlācatl (animate, plural mīllahtlācah)

mīllahtlācatl (canonical)
mīllahtlācah (plural)

From mīllah (“farmland, cultivated fields”) + tlācatl (“person”).


millahtlacah

plural of mīllahtlācatl; (they are) inhabitants of a rural area; farmers.


iztlacatlahcuiloh

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iztlacatlahcuiloh (animate, plural iztlacatlahcuilohqueh)

iztlacatlahcuilohqueh (plural)
iztlacatlahcuiloāni (alternative)
iztlacatlacuilo (alternative)
yztlacatlacuilo (alternative)

huellahcuiloh

antonym(s) of “false or unreliable author”

From iztlaca- (“false”) + tlahcuiloh (“scribe, writer”).

prefix

Falſario eſcriptor falſo. motlacuilocatlapiquiani. yztlacatlacuilo. yztlacatlacuiloani.tlacuilolpiquini. ychtacatlacuilo.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 121v:

A deceitful or false writer. motlacuilocatlapiquiani. yztlacatlacuilo. yztlacatlacuiloani.tlacuilolpiquini. ychtacatlacuilo.

Iztlaca tlacuilo. eſcriptor falſo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 49v. col. 2:

(he is) a false, apocryphal or otherwise unreliable writer


iztlacatlahcuilohqueh

plural of iztlacatlahcuiloh; (they are) unreliable writers.


tlamatzohualli

tlamātzohualli (canonical)
tlamatzoalli (alternative)

From tla- + mātzohua (“to fold (tortillas)”) + -lli.

Tlamatzoalli . tortillas dobladas, plegadas o ſouajadas.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 126r. col. 2:

Tlamatzoalli. tortillas that have been refolded, folded or otherwise handled.

(usually uncountable) maize tortillas that have been folded, softened or otherwise handled


tlamatzohualcaxitl

tlamātzohualcaxitl (canonical)
tlamatzoalcaxitl (alternative)
tlamatzoualcaxitl (alternative)

From tlamātzohualli (“folded or prepared tortilla”) + caxitl (“bowl, dish”).

compound

Eſcudilla de tortillas calientes. tlamatzoualcaxitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 113v:

A bowl for warm tortillas. tlamatzoualcaxitl.

Tlamatzoalcaxitl . eſcodilla grande de tortillas dobladas o plegadas.

Tlamatzoalcaxitl . a large bowl of folded or folded-up tortillas.

a large bowl used for serving folded, heated or otherwise prepared tortillas.


chiquiuhchiuhqueh

plural of chiquiuhchīuhqui; (they are) basketmakers.


altepetlahcuiloh

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āltepētlahcuiloh (animate, plural āltepētlahcuilohqueh)

āltepētlahcuiloh (canonical)
āltepētlahcuilohqueh (plural)
altepetlacuilo (alternative)

From āltēpetl (“altepetl”) + tlahcuiloh (“painter, depicter, scribe”).

compound

Coroniſta. altepetlacuilo. xiuhtlacuilo. tenemilizicuiloani.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 55v:

A chronicler. altepetlacuilo. xiuhtlacuilo. tenemilizicuiloani.

Coroniſta. altepetlacuilo.xiuhtlacuilo. tenemilizi- / cuiloani.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 30v. col. 2:

A chronicler. altepetlacuilo.xiuhtlacuilo. tenemilizi- / cuiloani.

(he or she is) the altepetl's scribe; an illustrator of historical codices.

(colonial) (he or she is) a chronicler or biographer.


altepetlahcuilohqueh

plural of āltepētlahcuiloh; (they are) the altepetl's scribes.


xiuhtlahcuiloh

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xiuhtlahcuiloh (animate, plural xiuhtlahcuilohqueh)

xiuhtlahcuilohqueh (plural)
xiuhtlacuilo (alternative)

From xihuitl (“year”) + tlahcuiloh (“painter, depicter, scribe”).

compound

(he or she is) the altepetl's scribe: an illustrator of historical codices

(colonial) (he or she is) a person who writes annals; a chronicler.


xiuhtlahcuilohqueh

plural of xiuhtlahcuiloh; (they are) the altepetl's scribes.


amocihhuan

amocihhuān (canonical)
amocihoan (alternative)

second-person plural possessive plural of cihtli; (they are) our grandmothers.


teteuynan

tēteoh īnnān
teteoh innan#Classical_Nahuatl


oquichchotl

oquichchōtl (canonical)
oquichotl (alternative)
oquichyutl (alternative)

Oquichyutl.hazaña, o obra heroica de varon eſ- / forçado.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 77v. col. 2:

Oquichyutl. an exploit, a heroic deed by an industrious man.

(it is) a great or heroic deed; an exploit

Noquicho. mi ſimiente.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 73v. col. 2:

(when possessed) (it is) a man's seed; semen


nochahuanan

first-person singular possessive singular of chāhuanāntli; (she is) my stepmother.


mochahuanan

second-person singular possessive singular of chāhuanāntli; (she is) your stepmother.


ichahuanan

third-person singular possessive singular of chāhuanāntli; (she is) his or her stepmother.


tochahuanan

first-person plural possessive singular of chāhuanāntli; (she is) our stepmother.


tochahuanahuan

first-person plural possessive plural of chāhuanāntli; (they are) our stepmothers.


techahuanan

impersonal possessive singular of chāhuanāntli; (she is) one's stepmother.


tlalchichimeh

[t͡ɬaːɬ.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃí.meʔ]

plural of tlālchichi; (they are) small landrace dogs raised for their meat.


octlaliloyan

octlālīlōyān (canonical)
octlaliloya (alternative)

From octlālīlo, passive form of octlālia (“to make pulque”), + -yān.

Bodega de vino vino calli. octlaliloya.occalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 34v:

A wine cellar. vino calli. octlaliloya.occalli.

(in) a place where pulque is made and stored

(colonial) (in) a place where wine is made and stored; a winery or wine cellar


vino calli

(colonial) (in) a place where wine is made or stored; a wine cellar or winery.


itezcauh

third-person singular possessive singular of tezcatl; (it is) his or her mirror.


notezcauh

first-person singular possessive singular of tezcatl; (it is) my mirror.


motezcauh

second-person singular possessive singular of tezcatl; (it is) your mirror.


teomilco

teōmīlco (canonical)
teumilco (alternative)

From teōtl (“god”) + mīlli (“agricultural land”) + -co.

1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.
Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.

Our sustenance grows, the corn of the cornfield of the gods rests on a cane of rattles.

(mythology) (in) a divine cultivated field, particularly a cornfield.


icuic

third-person singular possessive singular of cuīcatl; (it is) his, her or its song; singing.


xochincuahuitl

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xōchincuahuitl (inanimate, plural xōchincuahuitl)

xōchincuahuitl (canonical)
xōchincuahuitl (plural)
xochinquauitl (alternative)

From *xōchin (“full of or adorned with flowers”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).

compound

1558-1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 279v.
Ma ya auiallo xochinquauitl itlani / nepapan quecholli ma ya in quecholli

May the many-colored birds rejoice under the blossoming trees.

(it is) a blossoming tree or shrub; a tree ripe with flowers


mazaxocotl

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mazāxocotl (inanimate, plural mazāxocotl)

mazāxocotl (canonical)
mazāxocotl (plural)
maçaxocotl (alternative)

From mazātl (“deer”) + xocotl (“fruit”).

Ciruela deſta tierra. maçaxocotl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 65r:

A plum that grows in this land. maçaxocotl.

Ciruela deſta tierra. maçaxocotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 35r. col. 2:

Idem, f. 50r. col. 2.
Maçaxocotl. cirue la deſta tierra.
Maçaxocotl. a plum that grows in this land.

Spondias mombin
Spondias mombin#Translingual

(it is) a mombin; the yellow, plumlike fruit of the tree Spondias mombin


mazaxococuahuitl

mazāxococuahuitl (inanimate, plural mazāxococuahuitl)

mazāxococuahuitl (canonical)
mazāxococuahuitl (plural)
maçaxocoquauitl (alternative)

From mazāxocotl (“yellow mombin”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).

compound

Ciruelo dela tierra. maçaxocoquauitl.

A plum tree of this land. maçaxocoquauitl.

(it is) a tree that yields yellow, plumlike fruits, Spondias mombin


nocualac

first-person singular possessive singular of cualactli; (it is) my saliva; drool.


ciruela cuahuitl

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ciruela cuahuitl (inanimate, plural ciruela cuahuitl)

ciruela cuahuitl (plural)
ciruela quauitl (alternative)

From ciruela (“plum”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).

Ciruelo arbol. ciruelaquauitl.

Ciruelo de caſtilla.ciruela quauitl.


tlahtohcatopilli

tlahtohcātopilli (inanimate, plural tlahtohcātopilli)

tlahtohcātopilli (canonical)
tlahtohcātopilli (plural)
tlatocatopilli (alternative)
tlatoca topilli (alternative)

From tlahtoāni (“tlatoani; sovereign”) + topilli (“staff”).

compound

Cetro real. tlatoca topilli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 63v:

Cetro real. tlatocatopilli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 34v. col. 2:

Idem, f. 140v. col. 2.
Tlatoca topilli. cetro real.
Tlatoca topilli. a royal scepter.

(it is) a scepter carried by the tlatoani or another sovereign; a royal scepter.


notecuiyo

first-person singular inalienable possessive singular of tēuctli; (he is) my lord.


totecuiyo

first-person plural inalienable possessive singular of tēuctli; (he is) our lord.


tlahtohcayoh

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tlahtohcāyoh (animate, plural tlahtohcāyohqueh)

tlahtohcāyoh (canonical)
tlahtohcāyohqueh (plural)
tlatocayo (alternative)

From tlahtoāni (“tlatoani; sovereign”) + yoh.

(he or she is) a person whose sovereign is the tlatoani.


tlahtohcayohqueh

tlahtohcāyohqueh (canonical)
tlatocaioque (alternative)

plural of tlahtohcāyoh; (they are) people whose sovereign is the tlatoani.


itecuiyo

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of tēuctli; (he is) his, her or its lord.


tliltetl

[ˈt͡ɬíːɬ.tet͡ɬ]

From tlīlli (“ink”) + tetl (“a stone; object”).

compound

Parrafo de escriptura. tlapeualtiloni. tliltetl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 189r:

A paragraph of writing. tlapeualtiloni. tliltetl.

Punto encima de letra. tliltetl. tlatliltzicuiniliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 204v:

A dot placed over a letter. tliltetl. tlatliltzicuiniliztli.

(colonial) (it is) a small written or printed stroke or mark placed over a letter; a tittle; tilde.


nocuic

first-person singular possessive singular of cuīcatl; (it is) my song; singing.


mocuic

second-person singular possessive singular of cuīcatl; (it is) your song; singing.


tocuic

first-person plural possessive singular of cuīcatl; (it is) our song; singing.


tecuappantli

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tecuappantli (inanimate, plural tecuappantli)

tecuappantli (plural)
tequappantli (alternative)

From tetl (“stone”) + cuappantli (“bridge”).

Puente de arco. tenolli. uitoliuhqui. tequappantli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 204r:

An arch bridge. tenolli. uitoliuhqui. tequappantli.

(colonial) (it is) a stone bridge, especially a masonry arch bridge.


hueyi Caxtillan xonacatl

huēyi Caxtīllān xonacatl (inanimate, plural huēyi Caxtīllān xonacatl)

huēyi Caxtīllān xonacatl (canonical)
huēyi Caxtīllān xonacatl (plural)
uey castillan xonacatl (alternative)

From huēyi (“something large”) + Caxtīllān (“Spain; something Spanish”) + xonacatl (“a bulb; onion”).

compound

Puerro.lo miſmo. vel,uey castillan xonacatl.

A leek. the same, but also, uey castillan xonacatl.


ehcaxoctli

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ehcaxoctli (inanimate, plural ehcaxoctli)

ehcaxoctli (plural)
ecaxoctli (alternative)

Ayre delgado. ecapitzactli.ecaxoctli,eecapeyactli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 12v:

A light wind. ecapitzactli.ecaxoctli,eecapeyactli.

Ayre delgado. ecapitzactli. ecaxoctli. ehecapeyac / tli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7r. col. 1:

A light wind. ecapitzactli. ecaxoctli. ehecapeyactli.

Idem, f. 18r. col. 1.


atlacuezonan

ātlācuezonan (inanimate, plural ātlācuezonan)

ātlācuezonan (canonical)
ātlācuezonan (plural)
atlacueçonan (alternative)

The first element is certainly ātl (“water”), though the rest of the compound is more obscure.

Atlacueçonan. ninfa, vel. onenufar, flor de yer- / ua de agua.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 8r. col. 1:

Atlacueçonan. a lily; a water lily, the flower of an aquatic plant.


cuauhitzcuintli

From cuahuitl (“wood”) + itzcuintli (“a dog”), literally “wooden dog”.

compound

Vanco. quauh ytzcuintli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 240r:

Vanco. quauhytzcuintli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 116r. col. 1:


icuauhyo

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of cuahuitl; (it is) its trunk or stem.


axcancayotl

[àːʃ.kaːŋˈkáː.joːt͡ɬ]

From āxcān (“now, today”) + -cā- + -yōtl.

Preſente coſa. axcancayotl. axcan mochiua.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 98r. col. 2:

Something current. axcancayotl. axcan mochihua.


monahuatlahtol

second-person singular possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) your Nahuatl; your manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


nonahuatlahtol

first-person singular possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) my Nahuatl; my manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


inahuatlahtol

third-person singular possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) his or her Nahuatl; his or her manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


tonahuatlahtol

first-person plural possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) our Nahuatl; our manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


amonahuatlahtol

second-person plural possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) your Nahuatl; your manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


innahuatlahtol

third-person plural possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) their Nahuatl; their manner of speaking the Nahuatl language.


tomiyo

Tomio. los hueſſos del cuerpo humano.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149r. col. 1:

first-person plural inalienable possessive plural of omitl; (they are) our bones; the bones of the human body.


cihuanehtotiliztli

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cihuānehtōtīliztli (inanimate, plural cihuānehtōtīliztli)

cihuānehtōtīliztli (canonical)
cihuānehtōtīliztli (plural)
ciua netotiliztli (alternative)

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.


peral cuahuitl

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peral cuahuitl (inanimate, plural peral cuahuitl)

peral cuahuitl (plural)
peral quauitl (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish peral (“pear tree”) + Classical Nahuatl cuahuitl (“tree”).

Peral,arbol conocido. peral quauitl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 94v. col. 2:

A pear tree; a tree known (as peral). peral quauitl.

Idem, f. 81r. col. 1.

Peral quauitl. a pear tree; a tree known (as peral).


maololli

māitl (“hand”) + olōlli (“a ball; spheroid”)

compound

Puño de la mano cerrada. maololli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 205r:

Puño de la mano cerrada . maololli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 100r. col. 1:

Idem, f. 52r. col. 2.

Maololli. the hand when clenched into a fist.


mauh

second-person singular possessive singular of ātl; (it is) your water.


motepeuh

second-person singular possessive singular of tepētl; (it is) your mountain.


tlilxochitl

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tlīlxōchitl (inanimate, plural tlīlxōchitl)

tlīlxōchitl (canonical)
tlīlxōchitl (plural)
tlilxuchitl (alternative)

[t͡ɬiːɬˈʃóː.t͡ʃit͡ɬ]

From tlīlli (“black ink”) + xōchitl (“a flower”), after the dark color of the vanilla bean.

compound

Tlilxuchitl.ciertas vaynicas de olores.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 148r. col. 1:

Tlilxuchitl. a sort of small fragrant pods.

(it is) vanilla; the vanilla bean or orchid.


tlilatl

[ˈt͡ɬíː.laːt͡ɬ]

From tlīlli (“black ink”) + ātl (“water”).

Tlilatl. hondura o abiſmo de agua profunda.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 147v. col. 2:

Tlilatl. the depths, or an abyss of deep water.

(it is) ritual healing water stored in large, lidded containers in the temple of Ixtlilton, god of medicine.


tlacahuah

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tlācahuah (animate, plural tlācahuahqueh)

tlācahuah (canonical)
tlācahuahqueh (plural)
tlacaua (alternative)

From tlācatl (“a person; slave”) + -huah.

Señor de ſieruos. tlatoani. tlacaua. TEuctli

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 224r:

A slavemaster. tlatoani. tlacaua. TEuctli

Señor de ſieruos. tlatoani. tlacaua.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 108v. col. 1:

Idem, f. 115v. col. 2.

(he is) one who has slaves; a slavemaster or slaveowner.


tlacahuahqueh

plural of tlācahuah; (they are) slaveowners; slavemasters.


tlatquihuah

tlatquihuah (animate, plural tlatquihuahqueh)

tlatquihuahqueh (plural)
tlatquiua (alternative)

From tlatquitl (“property, possessions; riches; goods”) + -huah.

suffix

Poſſeedor. axcaua.tlatquiua.cococaua.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 200r:

A possessor. axcaua. tlatquiua. cococaua.

Tlatquiua. dueño de alguna coſa,o perſona que / tiene bienes.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 142r. col. 2:

Tlatquiua. the owner of a something, or a person who has goods.

(he or she is) an owner or possessor; one who has some kind of property or good.

Rico. mocuiltonoa.motlamachtia.motlacamati.axcaua. / tlatquiua.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 216r:

Wealthy. mocuiltonoa. motlamachtia. motlacamati. axcaua. tlatquiua

Señor de hazienda. axcaua. tlatquiua.

The owner of an estate. axcaua. tlatquiua.

(he or she is) one who has wealth; a wealthy man or woman.


tlatquihuahqueh

plural of tlatquihuah; (they are) owners; possessors; wealthy men or women.


tlattoyan

tlattōyān (canonical)
tlahtlattōyān (alternative)

From tla- + the impersonal of itta (“to see; observe”) + -yān.

Tlattoyan. miradero, o lugar para atalayar y eſ- / piar.

Tlattoyan. an outlook, or a place to scan or spy from above.

(in) an outlook, vantage point or observatory.


tlahtohcapilli

head

tlahtohcāpilli (animate, plural tlahtohcāpīpiltin)

tlahtohcāpilli (canonical)
tlahtohcāpīpiltin (plural)
tlatocapilli (alternative)

From tlahtoāni (“a sovereign; regent”) + pilli (“a prince; noble”).

compound

Principe o principal. tlatocapilli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 201v:

A prince or prominent noble. tlatocapilli.

Tlatocapilli. cauallero noble y generoſo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 140v. col. 1:

Tlatocapilli. a noble and generous knight.

(he is) a prince or other prominent nobleman.


tlahtohcapipiltin

plural of tlahtohcāpilli; (they) are princes; prominent noblemen.


matzahoctli

From matzahtli (“a pineapple”) + octli (“agave; a fermented drink”).

matzaoctli (alternative)
matza octli (alternative)

Vino de piñas. matzaoctli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 244r:

Vino de piñas.matzaoctli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 117v. col. 2:

Idem, f. 53v. col. 2.
Matza octli. vino de piñas dela tierra.
Matza octli. wine made from pineapples.

(it is) an alcoholic drink made from fermented pineapple juice


ahcuallahtolli

head

ahcuallahtōlli (inanimate, plural ahcuallahtōlli)

ahcuallahtōlli (canonical)
ahcuallahtōlli (plural)
aquallatolli (alternative)

From ahcualli (“it is something bad”) + tlahtōlli (“a word; speech; language”).

compound

Aquallatolli. palabras malas.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7r. col. 1:

(it is) profanity; an offensive word or foul language.


yolilizatl

yōlilizātl (canonical)
yuliliz atl (alternative)

From yōliliztli (“life”) + ātl (“water”), a calque of Spanish agua viva (“living water”) or agua de vida (“water of life”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ ζωῆς (húdōr zōês, “water of life”), an expression found in the Water of Life discourse in John 4:10–26.

der

Yuliliz atl. agua biua.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 44r. col. 2:

(Christianity) (it is) the water of life (a biblical name for the Holy Spirit).


yoliliztli

yōliliztli (canonical)
yuliliztli (alternative)

From yōli (“to be alive; live”) + -liztli.

Vida. nemiliztli.yoltinemiliztli.yoliliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 243r:

Vida.nemiliztli. yoltinemiliztli. yoliliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 117r. col. 2:

Life. nemiliztli. yoltinemiliztli. yoliliztli.

Idem, f. 40r. col. 1.

Reſurrection. yoliliztl.[sic]nezcalilixtli.nequetzaliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 214v:

Reſurrection. yoliliztli. nezcalilixtli. [sic] nequetzaliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 104v. col. 1:

Resurrection. yoliliztli. nezcaliliztli. nequetzaliztli.


cemihcac yoliliztli

cemihcac yōliliztli (canonical)
cemicac yoliliztli (alternative)

From cemihcac (“always; forever”) + yōliliztli (“life”).

compound

—Ymmortalidad. ayc miquiliztli, ayc poliuiliztli. cemicac / yoliliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 147v:

Immortality. ayc miquiliztli, ayc poliuiliztli. cemicac yoliliztli.

Ymmortalidad. ayc miquiliztli. aycpoliuiliztli. ce- / micac yoliliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 74v. col. 1:

Ymmortalidad. ayc miquiliztli. aycpoliuiliztli. cemicac yoliliztli.


cemicac yoliliztli

cemihcac yōliliztli
cemihcac yoliliztli#Classical_Nahuatl

obsolete spelling of cemihcac yōliliztli


yoliliztlaxcalli

From yōliliztli (“life”) + tlaxcalli (“bread”), a calque of Spanish pan de vida, from Ecclesiastical Latin pānis vītae, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς (ártos tês zōês, “bread of life”)), an expression found in the Bread of Life discourse in John 6:22–59.

der

ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς

Yoliliz tlaxcalli. pan de vida.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 40r. col. 1:

(Christianity) (it is) the bread of life (a biblical name for Jesus or the eucharist).


chiyamachiuhqui

head

chiyamāchīuhqui (animate, plural chiyamāchīuhqueh)

chiyamāchīuhqui (canonical)
chiyamāchīuhqueh (plural)
chiamachiuhqui (alternative)

From chiyamāchīhua (“to make chia oil”) + -qui.

suffix

Chiamachiuhqui . azeitero q̃ haze azeite dechia.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 19r. col. 2:

Chiamachiuhqui. an oil maker who makes chia oil.


chiyamachiuhqueh

plural of chiyamāchīuhqui; (they are) makers of chia oil.


hueyi michchiyahuacayotl

huēyi michchiyāhuacāyōtl (canonical)
vei michiauacayotl (alternative)

From huēyi michin (“a whale”) + chiyāhuacāyōtl (“oil; grease”).

compound

Azeite de vallena. vei michiauacayotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 18r. col. 2:


cocoyameh

cōcoyameh (canonical)
cocoyame (alternative)

plural of coyametl; (they are) boars; pigs.


cihuahuah

head

cihuāhuah (animate, plural cihuāhuahqueh)

cihuāhuah (canonical)
cihuāhuahqueh (plural)
ciuaua (alternative)

Marido. teoquichui. tenamic. ciuaua. mocauhqui.namique. / tlapaliui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 165r:

A husband. teoquichui. tenamic. ciuaua. mocauhqui. namique. tlapaliui.

Marido. teoquichui. tenamic. ciuaua. mocauhqui. / namique. tlapaliui.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 2:

Idem, f. 23v. col. 2.

(he is) a married man; a man who has a wife.


cihuahuahqueh

plural of cihuāhuah; (they are) married men.


tenamic

impersonal possessive singular of nāmictli; (he or she is) one's spouse.


teoquichhui

impersonal possessive singular of oquichtli; (he is) one's husband.


namiqueh

nāmiqueh (canonical)
nāmiquehqueh (plural)
namique (alternative)

Caſada muger. namique. namictli. oquichua. teci- / uauh. / Caſado varon. namique. ciuaua.

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

A married woman. namique. namictli. oquichua. teciuauh. / A married man. namique. ciuaua.

Idem, f. 82r. col. 2.
Marido. teoquichui. tenamic. ciuaua. mocauhqui. / namique. tlapaliui.
A husband. teoquichui. tenamic. ciuaua. mocauhqui. namique. tlapaliui.

Idem, f. 62v. col. 2.

Namictli. a married man or woman. / Namique. the same. / Namiqueque. married men or women.

Namictli. caſado o caſada. / Namique. idem. / Namiqueque. caſados o caſadas.

(he or she is) one who has a spouse; a married man or woman.


namiquehqueh

nāmiquehqueh (canonical)
namiqueque (alternative)

plural of nāmiqueh; (they are) married men or women.


tecihuauh

tēcihuāuh (canonical)
teciuauh (alternative)

impersonal possessive singular of cihuātl; (she is) one's woman; wife.


oquichhuah

oquichhuah (animate, plural oquichhuahqueh)

oquichhuahqueh (plural)
oquichua (alternative)

Caſada muger. namique. namictli. oquichua. teci- / uauh.

A married woman. namique. namictli. oquichua. teciuauh.

(she is) a married woman; a woman who has a husband


oquichhuahqueh

plural of oquichhuah; (they are) married women.


ohueyix metztli

ōhuēyix mētztli (canonical)
oueix metztli (alternative)

From the augmented preterite form ōhuēyix (“it grew big; has grown big”) + mētztli (“the moon”).

compound

Lunallena. ye yaualtic metztli.oueix metztli. oyaualiuh / metztli.omacic metztli.otlapaliuhcat metztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 157v:

Full moon. ye yaualtic metztli. oueix metztli. oyaualiuh metztli. omacic metztli . otlapaliuhcat metztli.

Luna llena. ye yaualtic metztli. oueix metztli. oya- / ualiuh metztli. omacic metztli . otlapaliuhcat- / metztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 79r. col. 1:

Idem, f. 78r. col. 2.
Oueix metztli. luna llena.
Oueix metztli. full moon.


oyahualiuh metztli

ōyahualiuh mētztli (canonical)
oyaualiuh metztli (alternative)

From the augmented preterite form ōyahualiuh (“it became rounded; has become rounded”) + mētztli (“the moon”).

Idem, f. 76r. col. 1.

Oyaualiuh metztli. a moon which is now full.

Oyaualiuh metztli. luna que eſta ya llena.

(it is) a full moon; a fully rounded moon.


ocozacatl

ocōzacatl (canonical)
ocoçacatl (alternative)

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

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 bunch or bundle of pine needles, especially one used as a building material


tlacamaye tequani

tlacamayeh tecuani
tlacamayeh tecuani#Classical_Nahuatl

alternative spelling of tlacamayeh tecuani


pezohtli

pēzohtli (canonical)
peçotli (alternative)

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl pe̱sojti, Morelos Nahuatl pesojtle, Tetelcingo Nahuatl piesojtli̱.


acaltetepon

Mexican beaded lizard
Mexican beaded lizard

Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum).


acacueyatl

Equivalent to acatl (“field”) + cueyatl (“frog; toad”)

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


popotl

Spanish: popote


cahuayo

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.


itzmiquilitl

itzmītl (“obsidian arrow”) + quilitl (“vegetable”)


oceloquichtli

ocēlōquichtli (canonical)
ocēlōquichtin (plural)

From ocēlōtl (“jaguar”) + oquichtli (“warrior”).

af

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana, (4.6.1).
amoyölïcàtzin mocëloquichtine, tocnïhuäne: cämpa öanhuällàquè? huel anmiequïntin: auh ca çannötitèhuän; tiquìtoà, àçomà oc azcentlamantin.

welcome o jaguar warriors, our friends; where do you come from? You are very many: and you are from our nation, we understood that you were from another caste.

cf. cuiloa. oceloquichtli Jaguarmann, met. für tapferer Krieger; cf. oquichtli + ocelotl; . aber oquichocelotl = Jaguarmännchen.

1949, Aztekische Schriftsprache; Grammatik mit Lautlehre, page 170:

cf. painting. oceloquichtli Jaguar man, met. for brave warrior; cf. oquitchli + ocelotl; . but oquichocelotl = Jaguar men.

jaguar warrior, jaguar knight (member of the Aztec military elite)

Jaguar warrior
James Lockhart (historian)


acacalotl

Central Nahuatl: acacalotl

Equivalent to atl (“water”) + cacalotl (“crow”)


xocomecatl

Vid parra o cepa. xocomecatl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comiença vn vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mexicana:


naranjaxocotl

Piña fruta conocida. matzatli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:


granadaxocotl

Piña fruta conocida. matzatli.


xalxocotl

Equivalent to xālli (“sand”) + xocotl (“fruit”). Cf. Central Nahuatl chalxocotl, Central Huasteca Nahuatl chalchokotl, Mecayapan Nahuatl xa̱lxocoꞌ, Northern Puebla Nahuatl xalxocotl, Michoacán Nahuatl xalxocul, Tetelcingo Nahuatl xoxocotl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl xalxocotl.

¶ Xalxocotl, xalxocoquavitl: qujllo caiaztic, qujllo caiaoac ixtlatlaccamjltic injnacaio, cocopeoa injquauhio: injtlaaqujllo iztaleoac, coziaiactic, texio, tetexio, xallo:

c. 1569, Bernardino de Sahagún, editor, Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España, volume 11, page 122v:

Guava; guava tree. It is covered in sparse foliage; its wood is red-brown; it sheds its branches; its fruit is pale, dark yellow, fine-grained, sandy

XALXOCOTL arbor eſt magna, Guayabus ab Haitinis dicta

[1651, Francisco Hernández, Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia (in Latin), Romae: Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi:

The xalxocotl is a large tree, called guayabus by the Haitians

Psidium guajava
Psidium guajava#Translingual


maxtlatl

Central Nahuatl: maxtlatl, maxtl

Spanish: maxtlate

From māxatl (“crotch”) + tlatl (“strip of cloth”)

compound

Auh yn oquichtin aocmo maxtleque. ça tzintlapantinemia. anoço ça tzintlapãtinemi maxauhtinemi.

c. 1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 24v:

And [so] the men no longer have breechclouts. They just go with buttocks or virile members bare.


tlaolli

Compare ōlōtl (“maize cob”), ēlōtl (“green ear of maize”) and xīlōtl (“immature, tender ear of maize”).


azcacoyotl

Central Nahuatl: azcacoyotl

→ Spanish: ascacoyote

Equivalent to azcatl (“ant”) + coyotl (“coyote”)

Tamandua mexicana
Tamandua mexicana#Translingual


acachapolin

From ācatl (“cane”) + chapolin (“grasshopper”)


tlalalacatl

greater white-fronted goose
greater white-fronted goose


caltechtli

From calli (“house, container”) + -tech (“adjacent, side”) + -tli (“(absolutive)”).


amintli

From ātl (“water”) + mīna (“shoot arrows”) + -tli (“(absolutive)”).


chihchitl

/ˈt͡ʃiʔt͡ʃit͡ɬ/

From chihcha (“to spit”) + -tli (“(absolutive)”).


ahuah tepehuah

head

āhuah tepēhuah (plural āhuahqueh tepēhuahqueh)

āhuah tepēhuah (canonical)
āhuahqueh tepēhuahqueh (plural)

From āltepētl (“city-state”) + -huah (“possessor of”).

suffix

(he or she is) one who possesses or lives in an altepetl or a city.


ahuah

From ātl (“water”) + -huah (“possessor of”).

(he or she is) one who possesses or controls water.


tepehuah

tepēhuah (canonical)
tepēhuahqueh (plural)

From tepētl (“mountain”) + -huah (“possessor of”).

(he or she is) one who possesses or controls a mountain or hill.


otontlahtolli

Otomitl (“Otomi person”) + tlahtolli (“language”)


cualantli

From cualāni (“to be angry, to anger”) + -tli (“(absolutive suffix)”).


ocotzotl

Equivalent to ocotl (“pine tree”) + tzotl (“sweat”).


tocayoh

Spanish: tocayo

Portuguese: tocaio

The possessive form of the noun tōcāitl (“name”), name, formed by adding the possesser suffix -yoh to the stem tōcā. Commonly used in the possessed form, as in notōcāyoh (“my name-haver, one having my name”).


cihuacoatl

Blend of cihuatl (“woman”) + coatl (“twin”)


coxolihtli

De Coxolitli quam Phaſianum patrium vocant.

[1651, Francisco Hernández, Historiae animalium et mineralium Novae Hispaniae [Histories of the animals and minerals of New Spain] (overall work in Latin), page 23:

Of the coxolitli which they call the paternal pheasant.

Penelope purpurascens
Penelope purpurascens#Translingual


tzaponochtli

Equivalent to tzapotl (“sapote”) + nochtli (“prickly pear fruit”).


ohtlatl

[ˈoʔt͡ɬat͡ɬ]

Cognate with Highland Puebla Nahuatl ojtat, Mecayapan Nahuatl ojtaꞌ, Northern Puebla Nahuatl ohtlatl, Pipil uhtat, Tetelcingo Nahuatl otlatl.


coneepatl

conēepatl (canonical)
conepatl (alternative obsolete)

→ Translingual: Conepatus

→ English: conepatl

Sunt & alia duo huius Vulpeculæ genera, eadem penè forma, & natura. quorum alterum Yzquiepatl vocatum, faſcijs multis candentibus diſtinguitur; alterum verò, Conepatl, ſeu Vulpecula puerilis, vnica tantum vtrinq; ducta, perq; caudam ipſam eodem modo delata.

[1651, Francisco Hernández, Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia (in Latin), Romae: Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi, page 332:

There are also two other types of these skunks, with nearly the same form and nature; of which the first, called yzquiepatl, is distinguished by its many white stripes; the second, conepatl, or childish skunk, having only one on each side, continued in this way through to its very tail.


teocomitl

golden barrel cactus
golden barrel cactus


tlacamayeh tecuani

tlācamāyeh tēcuāni (canonical)
tlacamaye tecuani (alternative)

Equivalent to tlacamayeh (“who there are forepaws as a human”) + tecuani (“beast”).


tzanatl

Spanish: zanate, chanate


mecayotl

From mecatl (“rope”) + -yotl (forms abstract nouns from an inalienable possession).


cahuayoh

head

cahuayoh (animate, plural cahuayohtin or cahuahyohmeh)

cahuayohtin (plural)
cahuahyohmeh (plural)

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.


tlaxcaltecatl

tlaxcaltēcatl (canonical)
tlaxcaltēcah (absolutive plural)


teponaztli

teponāztli (canonical inanimate)
teponāztli (plural)
tepunaztli (alternative obsolete)

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.

percussion instrument
percussion instrument

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


tlapitzalli

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


acachatl

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana:


teotlalmazatl

teotlalmazatl (animate, plural teotlalmazameh)

Equivalent to teotlalli (“valley”) + mazatl (“deer”).


acacapacquilitl

Equivalent to acacapactli + quilitl (“herb”).

acacapaquelite (Aganippea bellidiflora), aquatic plant.


tlaxcalpacholli

Equivalent to tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + pacholli (“folded”).


yauhtli

Central Nahuatl: yauhtli


tenohpalli

From tetl (“stone”) + nohpalli (“nopal; cactus”).

(it is) a type of fruit-bearing cactus, a cholla; Cylindropuntia imbricata.


copalli

→ Spanish: copal


acxoyatl

Abies religiosa
Abies religiosa#Translingual


acxoyatototl

acxoyatl (“sacred fir”) + tototl (“bird”)

red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis), woodpeaker bird.


altepetlacatl

āltepētlācatl (canonical)
āltepētlācah (plural)

altepetl (“town, city”) + tlacatl (“person”)

citizen, townsman, inhabitant of a city or town


acatlan

ācatlan (canonical)
acatla (alternative)


notilmah

first-person singular possessive singular of tilmahtli; (it is) my cotton cloak.

first-person singular possessive plural of tilmahtli; (they are) my cotton cloaks.


motilmah

second-person singular possessive of tilmahtli; it is your cotton cloak.

second-person plural possessive of tilmahtli; they are your cotton cloaks.


itilmah

third-person singular possessive singular of tilmahtli; (it is) his or her cotton cloak.

third-person singular possessive plural of tilmahtli; (they are) his or her cotton cloaks.


cipactin

plural of cipactli; (they are) mythological reptilian animals.


santo Domingo teopixqueh

santo Domingo teōpixqueh (animate canonical)

plural of santo Domingo teōpixqui; (they are) Dominican friars or religious priests.


tlahtohcatotontin

plural of tlahtohcātōntli; (they are) weak or ineffective sovereigns.


discipulomeh

plural of discipulo; (they are) disciples.


idiscipulohuan

third-person singular possessive plural of discipulo; (they are) his (or her) disciples.


apostolomeh

plural of apostolo; (they are) apostles; discipulos.


evangelistameh

plural of evangelista; (they are) evangelists; preachers of the Gospel.


itlahtlacol

[íːt͡ɬaʔˈt͡ɬákoːɬ]

third-person singular possessive singular of tlahtlacōlli; (it is) his or her sin.

third-person singular possessive plural of tlahtlacōlli; (they are) his or her sins.


notlahtlacol

[nót͡ɬaʔˈt͡ɬákoːɬ]

first-person singular possessive singular of tlahtlacōlli; (it is) my sin.

first-person singular possessive plural of tlahtlacōlli; (they are) my sins.


motlahtlacol

[mot͡ɬaʔˈt͡ɬákoːɬ]

second-person singular possessive singular of tlahtlacōlli; (it is) your sin.

second-person singular possessive plural of tlahtlacōlli; (they are) your sins.


intlahtlacol

[íːnt͡ɬaʔˈt͡ɬákoːɬ]

third-person plural possessive singular of tlahtlacōlli; (it is) their sin.

third-person plural possessive plural of tlahtlacōlli; (they are) their sins.


amotlahtlacol

[amót͡ɬaʔˈt͡ɬákoːɬ]

second-person plural possessive singular of tlahtlacōlli; (it is) your sin.

second-person plural possessive plural of tlahtlacōlli; (they are) your sins.


angelomeh

[áːn̥ʃiˈlóʔmeʔ]


patriarcameh

plural of patriarca; (they are) patriarchs.


virgineme

[wíːɬʃiˈnémeʔ]


confesoremeh

plural of confesor; (they are) confessors.


nohuehxolouh

[nóweʔˈʃóːloːʍ]

first-person singular possessive singular of huehxōlōtl; (it is) my turkey.


nohuehxolohuan

first-person singular possessive plural of huehxōlōtl; (they are) my turkeys.


intepehuan

third-person plural possessive plural of tepētl; (they are) their mountains.


intepeuh

third-person plural possessive singular of tepētl; (it is) their mountain.


totepehuan

first-person plural possessive plural of tepētl; (they are) our mountains.


notepeuh

first-person singular possessive singular of tepētl; (it is) my mountain.


notepehuan

first-person singular possessive plural of tepētl; (they are) my mountains.


itepehuan

third-person singular possessive plural of tepētl; (they are) his, her or its mountains.


itepeuh

third-person singular possessive singular of tepētl; (it is) his, her or its mountain.


amotepehuan

second-person plural possessive plural of tepētl; (they are) your mountains.


totlaxcal

first-person plural possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) our tortilla; our bread.

first-person plural possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) our tortillas; our breads.


notlaxcal

first-person singular possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) my tortilla; my bread.

first-person singular possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) my tortillas; my breads.


motlaxcal

second-person singular possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) your tortilla; your bread.

second-person singular possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) your tortillas; your breads.


itlaxcal

[iːˈt͡ɬáʃ.kaɬ]

third-person singular possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) his or her tortilla or bread.

third-person singular possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) his or her tortillas or breads.


intlaxcal

third-person plural possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) their tortilla; their bread.

third-person plural possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) their tortillas; their breads.


amotlaxcal

second-person plural possessive singular of tlaxcalli; (it is) your tortilla; your bread.

second-person plural possessive plural of tlaxcalli; (they are) your tortillas; your breads.


totlazohnantzin

totlazohnāntzin (animate canonical)
totlaçonantzin (alternative)

first-person plural possessive singular of tlazohnāntzintli; (she is) our (revered) precious mother.


totlazohpiltzin

(honorific) first-person plural possessive singular of tlazohpiltzintli; (he is) our precious son.


tlazohnantzintli

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tlazohnāntzintli anim (plural tlazohnāntzitzintin)

tlazohnāntzintli (animate canonical)
tlazohnāntzitzintin (plural)

From tlazohtli (“something precious”) + nāntli (“mother”) + -tzin.

compound

(she is) a precious; dearly beloved mother


tlazohnantzitzintin

plural of tlazohnāntzintli; (they are) precious; dearly beloved mothers.


nochichiuh

first-person singular possessive singular of chichi; (it is) my pet dog.


nochichihuan

[nót͡ʃiˈt͡ʃíwaːn̥]

first-person singular possessive plural of chichi; (they are) my pet dogs.


amochichiuh

[ámoˈt͡ʃí.t͡ʃiʍ]

second-person plural possessive singular of chichi; (it is) your pet dog.


mochichiuh

second-person singular possessive singular of chichi; (it is) your pet dog.


ichichiuh

[iːˈt͡ʃí.t͡ʃiʍ]

third-person singular possessive singular of chichi; (it is) his or her pet dog.


inchichiuh

[iːnˈt͡ʃí.t͡ʃiʍ]

third-person plural possessive singular of chichi; (it is) their pet dog.


amochichihuan

second-person plural possessive plural of chichi; (they are) your pet dogs.


inchichihuan

[íːnt͡ʃiˈt͡ʃíwaːn̥]

third-person plural possessive plural of chichi; (they are) their pet dogs.


mochichihuan

[mót͡ʃiˈt͡ʃíwaːn̥]

second-person singular possessive plural of chichi; (they are) your pet dogs.


ichichihuan

[íːt͡ʃiˈt͡ʃíwaːn̥]

third-person singular possessive plural of chichi; (they are) his or her pet dogs.


tochichihuan

[tót͡ʃiˈt͡ʃíwaːn̥]

first-person plural possessive plural of chichi; (they are) our pet dogs.


tochichiuh

first-person plural possessive singular of chichi; (it is) our pet dog.


totilmah

first-person plural possessive singular of tilmahtli; (it is) our cotton cloak.

first-person plural possessive plural of tilmahtli; (they are) our cotton cloaks.


amotilmah

second-person plural possessive singular of tilmahtli; (it is) your cloak.

second-person plural possessive plural of tilmahtli; (they are) your cloaks.


intilmah

third-person plural possessive singular of tilmahtli; (it is) their cloak.

third-person plural possessive plural of tilmahtli; (they are) their cloaks.


toyaohuan

first-person plural possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) our enemies; our foes.


moyaohuan

second-person singular possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) your enemies; your foes.


noyaohuan

first-person singular possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) my enemies; my foes.


amoyaohuan

second-person plural possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) your enemies; your foes.


iyaohuan

[íːjaːˈóːwaːn̥]

third-person singular possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) his, her or its enemies; foes.


inyaohuan

[íːjːaːˈóːwaːn̥]

third-person plural possessive plural of yāōtl; (they are) their enemies; their foes.


inyaouh

[íːˈjːáː.oː(ʍ)]

third-person plural possessive singular of yāōtl; (he, she or it is) their enemy; their foe.


iyaouh

[íːˈjáː.oː(ʍ)]

third-person singular possessive singular of yāōtl; (he, she or it is) his, her or its enemy; foe.


incuic

third-person plural possessive singular of cuīcatl; (it is) their singing; their songs.

third-person plural possessive plural of cuīcatl; (they are) their songs.


tlazohtli

tlazohtli (plural)
tlaçotli (alternative)

[t͡ɬaˈsóʔt͡ɬi]

From tlazohtla (“to love; cherish (someone or something”).

Tlaçotli. coſa precioſa, o cara.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 119r. col. 2:

Tlaçotli. something precious, or costly.

Precioſo y coſtoſo. patiyo.tlaçotli. tlaçocapatiyo.
Precious and costly. patiyo.tlaçotli. tlaçocapatiyo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 98r. col. 1:

(it is) something precious; costly, valuable.


tocuexcoch

first-person plural possessive plural of cuexcochtli; (they are) the napes of our necks.


nocuexcoch

first-person singular possessive singular of cuexcochtli; (it is) the nape of my neck.


amocuexcoch

second-person plural possessive plural of cuexcochtli; (they are) the napes of your necks.


icuexcoch

third-person singular possessive singular of cuexcochtli; (it is) the nape of his or her neck.


incuexcoch

third-person plural possessive plural of cuexcochtli; (they are) the napes of their necks.


mocuexcoch

second-person singular possessive singular of cuexcochtli; (it is) the nape of your neck.


nochpoch

[ˈnót͡ʃpoːt͡ʃ]

first-person singular possessive singular of ichpōchtli; (she is) my young daughter.

first-person singular possessive plural of ichpōchtli; (they are) my young daughters.


ichpochtzintli

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ichpōchtzintli anim (plural ichpōpōchtzitzintin)

ichpōchtzintli (animate canonical)
ichpōpōchtzitzintin (plural)

[ít͡ʃpoːt͡ʃˈt͡sínt͡ɬi]

From ichpōchtli (“girl, maiden”) + -tzin.

Ichpotzintli. moçuela.

Moçuela de edad mas pequeña. ychpuchpiltontli. / ychpuchcaconetontli. ychpuchtzin / tli. ychpuchpiltzintli. ciuapiltzintli.
A girl of younger age. ychpuchpiltontli. / ychpuchcaconetontli. ychpuchtzin / tli. ychpuchpiltzintli. ciuapiltzintli.

diminutive of ichpōchtli; (she is) a young girl.


cihuapiltzintli

cihuāpiltzintli anim (plural cihuāpiltzitzintin)

cihuāpiltzintli (animate canonical)
cihuāpiltzitzintin (plural)

From cihuāpilli (“girl, maiden”) + -tzin.

diminutive of cihuāpilli; (she is) a young girl.


ichpochpiltontli

ichpōchpiltōntli anim (plural ichpōpōchpiltotōntin)

ichpōchpiltōntli (animate canonical)
ichpōpōchpiltotōntin (plural)

From ichpōchtli (“young girl”) + piltōntli (“child”).

compound

Ichpochpiltontli. moçuela o muchacha.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 32v. col. 1:

Ichpochpiltontli. a young girl or maiden.


ichpochtepiton

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ichpōchtepitōn anim (plural ichpōpōchtepitotōn)

ichpōchtepitōn (animate canonical)
ichpōpōchtepitotōn (plural)

From ichpōchtli (“girl”) + tepitōn (“something small”).

compound

Ichpochtepitonyotl . Mocedad o pequeñez de / moças.

Ichpochtepitonyotl . The youth or smallness of girls.


ichpopochtepitoton

plural of ichpōchtepitōn; (they are) small or young girls.


teopixcatlahtohqueh

(they are) governors of priests; bishops or archbishops.


huacalli

→ Spanish: guacal


san Agustin teopixqueh

san Agustin teōpixqueh (animate canonical)

san Agustin teōpixqui
san Agustin teopixqui#Classical_Nahuatl

plural of san Agustin teōpixqui; (they are) Augustinian friars or religious priests.


amatzin

third-person plural possessive singular of ātzintli; (it is) your venerable water.


amotepetzin

third-person plural possessive singular of tepētzintli; (it is) your venerable hill.


natzin

first-person singular possessive singular of ātzintli; (it is) my venerable water.


matzin

second-person singular possessive singular of ātzintli; (it is) your venerable water.


imatzin

third-person plural possessive singular of ātzintli; (it is) their venerable water.


tatzin

first-person plural possessive singular of ātzintli; (it is) our venerable water.


tlamahuizolli

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tlamāhuizōlli inan (plural tlamāhuizōlli)

tlamāhuizōlli (canonical inanimate)
tlamāhuizōlli (plural)

From māhuizoa (“to be awed; astonished”), itself from māhuiztli (“fear”).

Tlamauiçolli. milagro o marauilla.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 126r. col. 2:

Milagro. tlamauiçolli. tetzauh tlamauiçolli.
A miracle. tlamauiçolli. tetzauh tlamauiçolli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 85r. col. 1:

(it is) a miracle; a marvelous or astonishing event.


mahuiztli

māhuiztli (canonical inanimate)
māhuiztli (plural)
mauiztli (alternative)

Mauiztli. miedo, o perſona digna de honra.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 55v. col. 1:

Mauiztli. fear, or a person worthy of honor.

Miedo. nemauhtiliztli. neiçauiliztli. mauhcayotl. mauiztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 84v. col. 2:

Fear. nemauhtiliztli. neiçauiliztli. mauhcayotl. mauiztli.


macehuallotl

mācēhuallōtl (canonical inanimate)
mācēhuallōtl (plural)

[máːseːˈwálːoːt͡ɬ]

From mācēhualli (“vassal; peasant”) + -yōtl.

Maceuallotl. vaſallaje, o coſa de macehual.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 50v. col. 1:

Maceuallotl. vassalage, or something pertaining to a vassal.

Vaſallaje. maceuallotl.
Vassalage. maceuallotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 116r. col. 1:

(it is) vassalage; or something characteristic of a vassal or peasant.


amilotl

Amilotl. peſcado blanco, como albur.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 5r. col. 1:

Amilotl. a white fish, similar to a mullet.

Peſcado blanco, como albur. amilotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 95v. col. 1:

A white fish, similar to a mullet. amilotl.

(it is) a type of white fish, perhaps Chirostoma humboldtianum.


amilomeh

plural of amilotl; (they are) white fish.


amilotetl

From amilotl (“a type of white fish”) + tetl (“an egg”).

compound

Amilotetl. hueuos de peſcado blanco.

Vueo de peſcado. michin yteuh. michtetl. amilotetl / Y aſsi delos de mas.
Roe. michin yteuh. michtetl. amilotetl / And likewise for other fish.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 115v. col. 1:

(it is) the roe of the amilotl, a white fish.


Caxtillan quetzaltototl

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Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōtl anim (plural Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōmeh)

Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōtl (animate canonical)
Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōmeh (plural)
castillan quetzaltototl (alternative)

From Caxtīllān (“Spain”) + quetzaltōtōtl (“a quetzal”).

compound

Pauo, paua o pauon. caſtillan quetzaltotol.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 93v. col. 1:

A turkey, turkey hen or peacock. caſtillan quetzaltotol.


Caxtillan quetzaltotomeh

plural of Caxtīllān quetzaltōtōtl; (they are) turkeys, turkey hens or peacocks.


quequetzalcoah

quēquetzalcōah (animate canonical)
quequetzalcoa (alternative)

A reduplicated plural form of Quetzalcōātl.

Quequetzalcoa. miniſtros de cierto ydolo que ſe llamaua quetzalcoatl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 89r. col. 1:

Quequetzalcoa. ministers of a certain idol they called Quetzalcoatl.

(they are) priests of the god Quetzalcoatl.


nextlahualtin

[néʃt͡ɬaːˈwáɬtin̥]

plural of nextlāhualli; (they are) blood offerings.


nextlahualli

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nextlāhualli inan or anim (plural nextlāhualtin)

nextlāhualli (animate canonical inanimate)
nextlāhualtin (plural)

[néʃt͡ɬaːˈwálːi]

Nextlaualli. ſacrificio de ſangre, que ofrecian alos ydolos, ſajandose o horadando alguna parte del cuerpo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 5r. col. 1:

Nextlaualli. a blood sacrifice which they offered to their idols by cutting and piercing parts of their body.

Sacrificio o ofrenda. ventli. tlamanaliztli. vemmanaliztli. nextlaualli.
A sacrifice or offering. ventli. tlamanaliztli. vemmanaliztli. nextlaualli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 106v. col. 1:

(inanimate) (it is) a sacrifice or blood offering.

(animate) (he or she is) a person offered as sacrifice.


huemmanaliztli

huemmanaliztli inan (plural huemmanaliztli)

huemmanaliztli (plural)
vemmanaliztli (alternative)

From huemmana (“to make an offering”) + -liztli.

suffix

Vemmanaliztli. el acto de hacer ofrenda.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 156v. col. 2:

Vemmanaliztli. the act of making an offering.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 106v. col. 1:

(it is) the act of making of a sacrificial offering.


huentli

Ventli. ofrenda.


tlamanaliztli

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tlamanaliztli inan (plural tlamanaliztli)

From tlamana (“to make an offering”) + -liztli.

suffix

Tlamanaliztli. el acto de ofrecer don o ofrenda.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 125v. col. 1:

Tlamanaliztli. the act of offering a gift or offering.

(it is) the act of making an offering or presenting a gift.


ixoculin

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īxocuilin anim (plural īxocuiltin or īxocuilmeh)

īxocuilin (animate canonical)
īxocuiltin (plural)
īxocuilmeh (plural)
yxocuili (alternative)

From īxtli (“the face”) + ocuilin (“a worm”).

Ixocuilin. ladilla.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 46r. col. 2:

Ladilla. yxocuili. yxtamaçoliciuiztli.
A crab louse. yxocuili. yxtamaçoliciuiztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 76v. col. 1:


miccatlatatactzaccayotl

miccātlatatactzaccāyōtl inan (plural miccātlatatactzaccāyōtl)

miccātlatatactzaccāyōtl (canonical inanimate)
miccātlatatactzaccāyōtl (plural)

* From micqui (“a dead body”) + tlatatactzaccāyōtl (“a grave stone or pit”).

compound

Micca tlatactzaccayotl. piedra grãde o loſa de ſepultura.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 56r. col. 1:

Micca tlatactzaccayotl. a large slab or stone for a grave.

Sepultura cõ epitaphio. micca tlatatacca tzacayotl. [sic]
A grave bearing an epitaph. micca tlatatacca tzacayotl. [sic]

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 108v. col. 1:

(it is) a large grave stone or slab bearing an epitaph.


tlatatactzaccayotl

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tlatatactzaccāyōtl inan (plural tlatatactzaccāyōtl)

tlatatactzaccāyōtl (canonical inanimate)
tlatatactzaccāyōtl (plural)

* From tlatatactli (“a grave or burial pit”) + tzaccāyōtl (“a covering”).

compound

Tlatatac tzaccayotl. piedra de ſepultura.


tlatatactli

Tlatatactli. ſepultura, o hoyo cauado, o tierra eſcaruada o cauada.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 134v. col. 1:

Tlatatactli. a grave or a dug hole, or earth dug up or dug.

ſepulchro o ſepultura. tlatatactli. tecochtli.

a sepulcher or grave. tlatatactli. tecochtli.

(it is) a grave or grave pit; earth dug for a grave.


cihuayotl

cihuāyōtl (canonical inanimate)
cihuāyōtl (plural)
ciuayotl (alternative)

Ciuayotl. la madre do concibe la muger.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 22v. col. 1:

Ciuayotl. the womb where the woman conceives.

Madre do concibe la muger. ciuayotl. tlacatcayotl. nantli.
The womb where the woman conceives. ciuayotl. tlacatcayotl. nantli.


altepenahuatilli

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āltepēnāhuatīlli inan (plural āltepēnāhuatīlli)

āltepēnāhuatīlli (canonical inanimate)
āltepēnāhuatīlli (plural)
altepenauatilli (alternative)

From āltepētl (“an altepetl; a city or town”) + nāhuatīlli (“a law; an obligation or precept”).

compound

Altepenauatilli. ordenanças de pueblo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 4r. col. 1:


sacerdoteyotl

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sacerdōteyōtl inan (plural sacerdōteyōtl)

sacerdōteyōtl (canonical inanimate)
sacerdōteyōtl (plural)

From sacerdote (“a Catholic priest”) + -yōtl.

Orden ſacra. ſacerdoteyotl. teopixcayotl.
Holy Orders. ſacerdoteyotl. teopixcayotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 91r. col. 2:

(it is) the sacrament of holy orders; the Catholic priesthood.


pacxixihtli

[pák.ʃiˈʃíʔt͡ɬi]

Pacxixitli. cierto paxaro.

(it is) a certain bird, perhaps a songbird.


noxocoyouh

[nóʃoːˈkójoːʍ]

first-person singular possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) my youngest child.


moxocoyouh

[móʃoːˈkójoːʍ]

second-person singular possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) your youngest child.


amoxocoyouh

second-person plural possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) your youngest child.


ixocoyouh

[íːʃoːˈkójoːʍ]

third-person singular possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) his or her youngest child.


inxocoyouh

[íːnʃoːˈkójoːʍ]

third-person plural possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) their child.


toxocoyouh

[tóʃoːˈkójoːʍ]

first-person plural possessive singular of xōcoyōtl; (he or she is) our youngest child.


moyolloh

second-person singular possessive singular of yōllohtli; (it is) your heart.


noyolloh

first-person singular possessive singular of yōllohtli; (it is) my heart.


iyolloh

[iːˈjóːlːoʔ]

third-person singular possessive singular of yōllohtli; (it is) his, her or its heart.


toyolloh

first-person plural possessive plural of yōllohtli; (they are) our hearts.


amoyolloh

second-person plural possessive plural of yōllohtli; (they are) your hearts.


inyolloh

[iːn̥ˈjóːlːoʔ]

third-person plural possessive plural of yōllohtli; (they are) their hearts.


mocnomacehual

second-person singular possessive singular of icnōmācēhualli; (he or she is) your humble servant.

second-person singular possessive plural of icnōmācēhualli; (they are) your humble servants.


icnomacehualli

icnōmācēhualli anim (plural icnōmācēhualtin)

icnōmācēhualli (animate canonical)
icnōmācēhualtin (plural)

From icnōtl (“someone poor; humble”) + mācēhualli (“a peasant or vassal”).

compound

(her or she is) a poor or humble servant.


icnomacehualtin

plural of icnōmācēhualli; (they are) poor or humble servants.


imach

third-person singular possessive singular of machtli (he is) his nephew.


imachhuan

third-person singular possessive plural of machtli (they are) a man's nephews.


nomach

first-person singular possessive singular of machtli (he is) my nephew.


momach

second-person singular possessive singular of machtli (he is) your nephew.


momachhuan

second-person singular possessive plural of machtli (they are) your nephews.


nomachhuan

first-person singular possessive plural of machtli (they are) my nephews.


itecpanchan

[íːteːkˈpán̥t͡ʃaːn̥]

third-person singular possessive singular of tēcpanchāntli; (it is) his or her palace.

third-person singular possessive plural of tēcpanchāntli; (they are) his or her palaces.


immachhuan

third-person plural possessive plural of machtli; (they are) their nephews.


amomach

second-person plural possessive singular of machtli (he is) your nephew.


amomachhuan

second-person plural possessive singular of machtli (they are) your nephews.


tomach

first-person plural possessive singular of machtli (he is) our nephew.


tomachhuan

first-person plural possessive plural of machtli (they our) our nephews.


immach

third-person plural possessive singular of machtli (he is) their nephew.


iahhuayo

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of ahhuatl; (it is) its thorn.

third-person singular inalienable possessive plural of ahhuatl; (they are) its thorns.


notlanequiliz

first-person singular possessive singular of tlanequiliztli; (it is) my will; wish.

first-person singular possessive plural of tlanequiliztli; (they are) my wishes.


motlanequiliz

second-person singular possessive singular of tlanequiliztli; (it is) your will; wish.

second-person singular possessive plural of tlanequiliztli; (they are) your wishes.


itlanequiliz

third-person singular possessive singular of tlanequiliztli; (it is) his, her or its will; wish.

third-person singular possessive plural of tlanequiliztli; (they are) his, her or its wishes.


tlanequiliztli

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tlanequiliztli inan (plural tlanequiliztli)

From tla- + nequi (“to want”) + -liztli.

Voluntad razonable. cealiztli. cializtli. tlanequiliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt. I, f. 118r. col. 2:

Reasonable will. cealiztli. cializtli. tlanequiliztli.


ceyaliztli

ceyaliztli (plural)
cealiztli (alternative)
cializtli (alternative)
ciyaliztli (alternative)

From ceya (“to want; agree to; consent”) + -liztli.

suffix

Voluntad razonable. cealiztli. cializtli. tlanquiliztli.

Reasonable will. cealiztli. cializtli. tlanquiliztli.


ieyitiliztzin

honorific third-person singular possessive singular of eyītiliztli; (it is) his (God's) trinity; triunity.


elmatlatl

ēlmātlatl (canonical inanimate)
ēlmātlatl (plural)

[eːɬˈmáːt͡ɬat͡ɬ]

From ēlli (“the liver”) + mātlatl (“a net”).

Elmatlatl. el redaño.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 28v. col. 2:

Redaño. telmatl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 102v. col. 2:


telmatl

[ˈtéːɬmaːt͡ɬ]

first-person plural possessive singular of ēlmātlatl; (it is) our mesentry; the human mesentery.

ēlmātlatl

first-person plural possessive plural of ēlmātlatl; (they are) our mesenteries.


ellotl

ēllōtl (canonical inanimate)
ēllōtl (plural)

[ˈéːlːoːt͡ɬ]

Ellotl. diligencia.


pozolatl

pozolātl (canonical inanimate)
pozolātl (plural)
poçolatl (alternative)

From pozoni (“for a pot to boil”) + ātl (“water”).

compound

Poçol atl. beuida de mayz cozido.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 82v. col. 2:

Beuida de mayz cozido. poçolatl. quauhnexatl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 19v. col. 1:

A beverage of boiled maize. poçolatl. quauhnexatl.

(it is) a beverage of boiled or cooked maize.


cuauhnexatl

cuauhnexātl (canonical inanimate)
cuauhnexātl (plural)
quauhnexatl (alternative)

[kʷaʍˈnéʃaːt͡ɬ]

From cuauhnextli (“wood ashes”) + ātl (“water”).

Quauhnexatl. cierta beuida de mayz cozido.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 86v. col. 2:

Quauhnexatl. a certain beverage of boiled maize.

(it is) a beverage of boiled maize and ashes.


cuauhchiquihuitl

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cuauhchiquihuitl inan (plural cuauhchiquihuitl)

cuauhchiquihuitl (plural)
quauhchiquiuitl (alternative)

[kʷáʍt͡ʃiˈkíwit͡ɬ]

From cuahuitl (“wood”) + chiquihuitl (“a wicker basket”).

compound

Quauhchiquiuitl. chiquiuitl de tablas.

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

Quauhchiquiuitl. a basket of wooden boards.


mexixin

Mexixin. maſtuerço.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 55v. col. 2:

Maſtuerço yerua conocida. mexixin. mexixquilitl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 82v. col. 1:

The watercress, a well-known herb. mexixin. mexixquilitl.

(it is) an edible plant akin to the watercress.


mexixquilitl

From mexixin (“watercress”) + quilitl (“an edible plant”).

Mexixin. maſtuerço. / Mexixquilitl. idem.

Mexixin. a watercress. / Mexixquilitl. the same.


teahpaztli

From tetl (“stone”) + ahpaztli (“an earthen basin”).

Teapaztli. pila de piedra, o coſa ſemejante.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 55v. col. 2:

Teapaztli. a stone basin, or something similar to it.


necuatequilizteahpaztli

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necuātēquilizteahpaztli inan (plural necuātēquilizteahpaztli)

necuātēquilizteahpaztli (canonical inanimate)
necuātēquilizteahpaztli (plural)

From necuātēquiliztli (“baptism”) + teahpaztli (“a stone basin”).

compound

Pila de baptizar. nequa atequilizteapaztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 96r. col. 1:

A baptismal font. nequa atequilizteapaztli.


necuatequiliztli

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necuātēquiliztli inan (plural necuātēquiliztli)

necuātēquiliztli (canonical inanimate)
necuātēquiliztli (plural)

From cuātēquia (“to baptize someone”) + -liztli.

suffix

Bautiſmo, o baptiſmo. nequatequiliztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 19r. col. 1:

(Catholicism) (it is) the act of baptizing someone; a baptism.


tlalocahuehuetqueh

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tlālocāhuēhuetqueh or tlalocāhuēhuetqueh anim (plural only)

tlālocāhuēhuetqueh (canonical)
tlalocāhuēhuetqueh (animate canonical)

From Tlāloc (“Tlaloc”) + huēhuetqueh (“elders”).

compound

(they are) priests of the rain god Tlaloc and his tlālohqueh.


atetepeyotl

From atl (“water”) + a reduplicated form of tepetl (“hill”) + -yotl.

Ola grande. atetepeyotl. vey acueyotl.
A large wave. atetepeyotl. vey acueyotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 1, f. 90r. col. 2:


hueyi acueyotl

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huēyi ācuēyōtl inan (plural huēyi ācuēyōtl)

huēyi ācuēyōtl (canonical inanimate)
huēyi ācuēyōtl (plural)
vey acueyotl (alternative)

[wéːjaːˈkʷéːjoːt͡ɬ]

From huēyi (“something large”) + ācuēyōtl (“a wave”).


mexixquillaxcalli

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mexixquillaxcalli inan (plural mexixquillaxcalli)

From mexixquilitl (“watercress”) + tlaxcalli (“a tortilla”).

compound

(it is) a maize and watercress tortilla.


cuixin

cuīxin (canonical)
cuitli (alternative)
cuixtli (alternative)
cuiztli (alternative)
cuyxtli (alternative)


tlahuiztli

Indigenous thermal underwear, tlahuiztli.


quechquemitl

Indigenous quexquemetl, woman's clothing.


tlahcomiztli

→ English: cacomixl

ring-tailed cat, cacomistle (Bassariscus spp. etc.)


tlayolli

tlaulli (alternative)
tlaolli (alternative obsolete)


miahuatl

miauatl (alternative)
miyauatl (alternative)
miyahuatl (alternative)


ocelomichin

From ocelotl (“jaguar”) + michin (“fish”).

Jaguar fish, guapote fish (Parachromis managuensis)


xochitenacatl

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [see Dickey & van Rossem (1930) Ibis 72 (1): 51.]

a green toucan or trogon from Mexico [see Cassin (1867) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 19: 124.]


cocoxcalli

cococxcalli (canonical inanimate)
cocoxcalli (plural)


acachichictli

western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis).


tlemolli

Equivalent to tletl (“fire”) + molli (“mole”).


teocintli

Equivalent to teotl (“divine”) + cintli (“corn”).


tlacametl

Equivalent to tlacatl (“man”) + metl (“century plant”).


ocelometl

Agave americana
Agave americana#Translingual


tlapaloctli

Equivalent to tlapalli (“dye”) + octli (“wine”).


cuepcayotl

From cuepca (“return”) + -yotl (“suffix creating abstract nouns”).


cuezcomatl

Spanish: coscomate

a large earthen vessel used to store grain


miltomatl

green tomato, tomatillo, (Physalis philadelphica).


judiotlacatl

From Spanish judío (“Jew”) + tlacatl (“person”).

af

Iudio. judio tlacatl. judio oquichtli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144v:


mazacoatl

→ Spanish: mazacuata


tlacahuilotl

Columba palumbus
Columba palumbus#Translingual


matlalin

Tradescantia zebrina
Tradescantia zebrina#Translingual


xalcanauhtli

Anas americana
Anas americana#Translingual


xomotl

Mexican duck (Anas platyrhynchos diazi).


zolcanauhtli

American duck (Cairina moschata sylvestris).


yacapatlahuatl

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata#Translingual


cuetlaxochitl

cuetlauh (“wither”) + xochitl (“flower”)


cihuatlahtoani

From cihuatl (“woman”) + tlahtoani (“one who says things, ruler”).


torazno

From Spanish durazno, from Latin dūracinus.


apipiyollotl

From atl (“water”) + pipiyolin (“bee”) + -yotl (“abstract”).


cacatl

Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina#Translingual


chipilin

Spanish: chípil, chipilín

Perennial herbaceous plant whose leaves are edible when cooked. The root, small and bitter, was used as a remedy for infections.


cihuatlamacazqui

From cihuatl (“woman”) + tlamacazqui (“priest”).


tlamacazqui

From tla- (“thing, things”) + -macaci (“fear, revere, respect”) + -qui (“forming agent nouns, -er”).


tlenamacac

From tletl (“fire”) + -namacac (“seller, provider, trader”).

suffix

A "fire priest", one of the high priests of the Aztec religion charged with conducting human sacrifice


xicalli

desctree

→ Spanish: jícara, xícara (early modern)
→ Catalan: xicra
→ English: jicara
→ Galician: xícara
→ Italian: chicchera
→ Maltese: kikkra
→ Portuguese: xícara
→ Sardinian: cìcara
→ Sicilian: cìcara
→ Venetan: cìcara


teponazoh

teponāzoh (animate canonical)
teponāzohqueh (plural)
teponaço/tepunaço (alternative)

Teponaço. tañedor de teponaztli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 103r. col. 2:

Tepunaço. el que tañe tepunaztli.

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

(it is) a teponāztli player; one who plays the drums


teponazoani

teponāzoāni (animate canonical)
teponāzoāni (plural)
teponaçoani/tepunaçoani (alternative)

From teponāzoa (“play the drums”) + -ni (“habitual suffix”).

af

Teponaçoani. tañedor de teponaztli.

Tepunaçoani. tañedor de tepunaztli.


teponaztzatzaztli

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teponāztzatzaztli inan (plural teponāztzatzaztli)

teponāztzatzaztli (canonical inanimate)
teponāztzatzaztli (plural)

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


teponazohqueh

plural of teponāzoh; (they are) teponaztli players.


cemanahuac

cemānāhuac (canonical)
cemanauac (alternative)
cemanahuactli (alternative)

Cemanauac. el mundo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt2, f. 15v. col. 2:


tonalamatl

AQUI COMIENÇA La Arte adiuinatoria que usaban los Mexicanos en tiempo de su ydolatria llamada: Tonalamatl. que quiere dezir libro en que trata de las venturas y fortunas delos que nacen segun los signos o caracteres en que Nacen.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Arte adivinatoria de los mexicanos, f. 101r:

Here begins the divinatory art of the Aztecs used in their time of idolatry, called tonalamatl, which means "book that deals with the fates and fortunes of those born according to the signs or characters in which they are born."

(it is) a pictorial calendrical manuscript used for divination, structured around the sacred tōnalpōhualli.


calmecatl

From calli (“house”) + mecatl (“lineage”).


coatlan tonan

cōātlān tonān (canonical)
coatlantona (alternative)

From cōātlān (“in the place of snakes”) + tonān (“our mother”).

af

Los officiales delas flores q́ se llaman xochimanque hazian fieſta a su diosa llamada coatlycue, y por otro nóbre coatlantona.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88v:

The officials of the flowers called xochimanque celebrated a goddess of theirs called Coatlicue, and by another name Coatlantonan.

(mythology) (she is) Our Mother from the Place of Snakes, an appellation of the goddess Coatlicue.


xochimanqueh

xōchimanqueh (animate canonical)
xochimanque (alternative)

From xōchimana (“to make a floral offering”).

(religion) (they are) presenters of floral offerings, celebrants of rites to the goddess Coatlicue.


chiyampinolli

From chiyan (“chia”) + pinolli (“pinole”).

luego muy de manána les dabá a beber cierta bebida llamada chiápinolli, y cada vno bebia quáto q́ria […]

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:

then, early in the morning, they gave them to drink a certain drink called chiyanpinolli, and each one drank as much as he wanted […]

(it is) a beverage made from pinole and chia.


hueyi tozoztli

huēyi tōzōztli (canonical)
hueytoçoztli (alternative)

From huēyi (“something great, large”) + tōzōztli (“eve”).

Quarto mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Hueytoçoztli, enque hazian fiesta al dios llamado cinteotl, Dios delos maizes.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89r:

Fourth month of the Mexicans, called hueytoçoztli, in which they celebrated the god called Cinteotl, god of maize plants.

(it is) the fourth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the maize god Cintēōtl.


tozoztontli

From tōzōztli (“vigil”) + -tōn (“something small”).

suffix

Tercero Mes delos Mexicanos llamado: teçoztontli, en el qual haziá fiesta al dios llamado Tlaloc, q́ es el dios delas pluuias.

Third month of the Mexicans, called teçoztontli, in which they celebrated the god called Tlaloc, who is god of rain.

(it is) the third of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the rain god Tlāloc.


tlacaxipehualiztli

tlācaxīpēhualiztli (canonical)
tlacaxipeoaliztli (alternative)
tlacaxipevaliztli (alternative)

From tlācatl (“man, person”) + xīpēhualiztli (“flaying”).

af

Segundo mes deel año delos Mexicanos llamado: Tlacaxipehualiztli, haziá fiesta al Dios llamado: Totec /o Xipe.

1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 88r:

Second month of the year of the Mexicans, called tlacaxipehualiztli. They celebrated the god called Totec or Xipe.

(it is) the second of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to the god Xīpe Totēc.


tepeilhuitl

From tepētl (“mountain”) + ilhuitl (“feast, day of celebration”).

Decimo tercio mes de los Mex.ⁿᵒˢ llamado tepeilhuitl, enel qual hazian fiesta a honrra delos montes mas eminentes.

Thirteenth month of the Mexicans, called tepeilhuitl, in which the had celebrations in honor of the most important mountains.

(it is) the thirteenth of the eighteen veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli, dedicated to honoring important mountains.