malina

Torcer. nitlamalina.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 236:

Torcer hilo o cordel de maguey o de algodon en- / cima del muſlo . nitla, malina. […] / Torcer.nitla,malina.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 114r. col. 1:

To twist a string or a cord of maguey or cotton on the thigh. nitla, malina. […] / To twist. nitla, malina.

Idem, f. 51v. col. 1.
Malina. nitla. torcer cordel ẽ cima del muſlo . pre / ter. onitlamalin.
Malina. nitla. to twist a string on the thigh. preterite: onitlamalin.


mina

(transitive) to shoot arrows, to pierce something


mani

(intransitive) To spread out, to extend.


pati

(intransitive) to melt. Intransitive form of patla.


chichi

Mamar. ni,chichi.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 162r:


teca

Poner coſas largas tendidas. nic,teca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 199r:

(transitive) To lay (something) down; spread (something) out on a flat surface.

Acoſtarme o echarme, nino,teca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 6r:

ibid., f. 90v.
Echarſe como en cama. nino,teca.

Hazerlo hõbre ala muger. nite,teca.nite,y ecoa.tetechn,aci.niccui. uiccuicui. [sic]

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 137v:

(transitive, of a man) To have sex with.


tlahuelilocamati

tlahueliloc (“scoundrel”) + mati (“to know”)

compound

(transitive) To consider (someone) a scoundrel.


chicahua

(intransitive) To become strong; be strong.


tlazohtla

17C: Crónica mexicayotl

(And I grant him my daughter named Xiuhtomiyauhtzin; I give her to Tlacateotl. Let him love her. Take her.)

auh yehuatl nicmacahua y nochpochtzin yn itoca Xiuhtomiyauhtzin nicmaca yn tlahcateotl ma contlaçotla xicmohuiquillitihuia

(transitive) To love; cherish; treat well.


miqui

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan. Cognate with Hopi mooki (“to die”) and O'odham muhk.

Morir. nimiqui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:


caqui

Eſcuchar como quiera. nitla,caqui. nino,nacazquetza.

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

ibid., f. 183v
Oyr como quiera. nitla,caqui.

Entender algo. nitla,ca qui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 106v:


yaomiqui

yāōtl "enemy; (in compounds) war" + miqui "to die"


contradeciroa

From Spanish contradecir (from Latin contrādīcō) + -oa.


poyomiqui

poyōtl "something evil" + miqui "to die"


ahci

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *hapsi (Manaster Ramer & Blight 1993).


tlacatilia

tlācati "be born" + -lia (applicative suffix)

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico; in ytlalhticpac in totecuyo omitzyocux, omitzpic, omitztlacatili in ypalhnemoani in Dios.

(transitive) To cause (someone) to be born.


tlacati

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

Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico;


caltia

onēchcaltì in notàtzin, mi padre me ha edificado, ò proueido de casa

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

(transitive) to provide with a house; to build a house for


moxaua

(reflexive) Alternative spelling of moxahua


moxahua

Afeytarſe la muger al modo antiguo. ninoxaua.

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

(reflexive) To put on traditional women's makeup.


tlatlacoua

(intransitive) Alternative spelling of tlahtlacoa


tlahtlacoa

tla- "something; things" + ihtlacoā "damage; ruin"

(intransitive) To do wrong; to make a mistake.

Pecar. nitla,pilchiua. nitla,tlacoua.

IN TICHRISTIANO in otitlahtlaco in otitlapilchiuh, in ixtzinco icpactzinco otehuac inipalnemohuani Dios

1599, Ioan Baptista, Confessionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:


matoca

Cuix oticmatocac immonacayo, in ahnoço tenacayo inic otitlayelpac?
Porventura palpaſte tu cuerpo, o el ageno por deleytarte ſenſualmente?
(Perhaps you have touched your body, or another's body for sensual pleasure?)

(transitive) to touch; fondle; masturbate


tonehua

mitztlatzacuiltizquia yn tlatlacatecolo, mitztoneuazquia, michichinatzazquia

1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

(transitive) To inflict burning pain on.


ihcihui

dense prisa xicihuican
dad os prisa xihcihui

1611, Pedro de Arenas, Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana, published 1793:


ezhuia

Eztli, sangre. nitlaezhuia, ensangrentar algo. ninezhuia, me ensangrento à mi.
(Eztli, blood; nitlaezhuia, to stain something with blood. Ninezhuia, I cover myself with blood.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 60v:

(transitive) To bloody; make bloody; cover in blood.


quiza

niquiça salgo: ōniquīz.

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 30v:


aculhuacanotza

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

17th C.: Chimalpahin, British and Foreign Bible Society MS 374, vol. 3, fol. 150r. conaculhuacanotzque conilhuia xiqualhuica macal (They called to him in the Aculhuaca tongue; they said to him: Bring your boat here.)

(transitive, obsolete) To call like an Acolhua.


cotoni

(intransitive) to snap, to break off. Intransitive counterpart of cotona.


tzaqua

(transitive) Alternative spelling of tzacua


tzoncui

oc achìtonca, oc cuēl áchīc ītech ninotzoncuiz, dentro de muy breue rato me vengarè del.
(Within a very short time I will take vengeance on him.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 96v:


tzinti

In ayamo pēhua, in ayamo tzīnti izcemanāhuatl, in tlālticpactli, yeppa moyetzticà in Totēcuiyo Dios; antes que el mundo empeçasse ya era Dios Nuestro Señor
(Before the world began there was already God our Lord)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 84v:


popoca

Humear. ni, popoca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 143r:


cuecuechmictia

ACoſſar a alguno. nite,cuecuechmictia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 245v:


acallapani

acalli (“boat”) + tlapani (“to break into pieces”)

PAdecer naufragio. n,acallapani. nopan tlapani yn acalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 248r:

(intransitive, obsolete) To be shipwrecked.


tataca

(f. 208r:) Rascar. nino,tataca. niuo,momotzoa. [sic]
(f. 248r:) RAſcarſe. nino,momotzoa.nino,tataca.

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

(f. 46v:) Cauar haziendo hoyo. nitlatataca.
(f. 111r:) Eſcaruar tierra o coſa aſſi. nitla,tataca. nitla,uauana. nitla,xexeloa.


maxauhtinemi

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.

xicmotlaçòcāmachilti in tlàtoāni, in ōmitzmo chìchīhuili, moquechtlan oquimopilhuì inon tilmàtli, in oc nòmà āxcān tictlālìtinemi, in tlāçan āxcān an ca timaxáuhtinemiz, an ca ça achchi in motzòtzomàtzin
tienes que agradecer al Gouernador, que te ha vestido, y dadote essa manta, que traes puesta, que si no à estas horas andubieras con las carnes de fuera lleno de andraxos.

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 105.:

You must thank the governor, who has dressed you and given you that cloak you have on; if he hadn’t, you would not be going about with your flesh exposed and in rags.

(intransitive) to not wear clothes to cover one's genitals; to expose oneself


cuepa

Boluer algo dela otra parte. nitla,cuepa.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 35r:

yn acalli qujcuepa, qujxtlapachcuepa, queoatiquetza, ca aco maiauj, ca tema.

16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1

(She upset the boat, overturned it, lifted it up, tossed it up, plunged it in the water.)

Si S. Lorenço hablara en Mexicano con el Tirano, el dixera: ca ye ōtléhuāc izcentlapal noyōmòtlan: xitlanahuati, mā nechcuepacān, inic nitléhuāquiz in occentlapal [...] ya està assado vn lado de mis costados, manda que me bueluan, para que se asse el otro
(If St. Lawrence talked in Mexican with the tyrant, he would say, [...] One side of my flanks is already roasted, order them to turn me so the other side will be roasted)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 92v:

c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 57r. ynin çan quipamictito yn españoles Mexica ohtlipã ynic ye hualmocuepaya yn españa yc huia oyolcocoq̃ (The Mexica just poisoned him on his way back from Spain, where had gone.)

aocmoninocuepaz nochan, ca yenicān ninomati, no me boluerè mas à mi casa, por que ya me hallo bien aqui.
(I will not return to my home again, because I am happy here.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 79r:

nixolopìtli ninocuepa, me bueluo tonto, tixolopìtin titocuepâ, nos boluemos tontos
(nixolopìtli ninocuepa, I turn into an idiot; Tixolopìtin titocuepâ, We turn into idiots.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 14v:

1645: ibid., f. 121r. Iuhquin anchichimè anmocuepà inìquāc anquimotequimacà in mīxītl in tlapātl, os bolueis como perros, quando beueis demasiado. (You become like dogs when you drink excessively.)

Nicã ompeua yn neyolmelaualoni, yn amo veyac yn çã tepiton, yn oq̓motlalili oquimotecpanili yn padre fray Alonſo de Molina ſ. Frãciſco teopixq̓ ynipã nauatlatolli oq̓mocuepili.
Aq̓ comiẽça vn Cõfeſsionario, breue y pequeño: compueſto por el padre fray Alonſo d̓ Molina d̓la ordẽ d̓ ſeñor. ſ. Franciſco, buelto y traduzido enla lẽgua delos nauas, por el miſmo autor.

1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breve en lengua mexicana y castellana, f. 2r:

xiccaqui iz çāço tāctè titlàcoāni, izçāço quēnman ihuicpatzinco timocuepaz in Totēcuiyo, mitzmopòpolhuilīz izçāço quēxquich, ihuan iz çāçotlein ic otimōyolìtlacalhuî, oye pecador, qualquiera que tu seas, à qualquier hora, que te conuirtieres à Nuestro Señor te perdonarà qualesquiera pecados, que ayas cometido.
(Listen, sinner, whoever you should be, at whatever hour, if you convert to our Lord he will pardon you whatever sins you should have committed.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 116r:


tlalticpacquiza

tlālticpac "the world" + quīza "to emerge"

Nacer. nitlacati.ni,tlalticpacquiça.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:


patlachuia

Hazerlo la muger a otra. nite,patlachuia.
(For the woman to do it to another.)

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 137v:

Cuix aca occe ciuatl, amoneuan ammopatlachuique?
Has cometido el pecado contra natura, con otra muger como tu?
(Have you committed the sin against nature, with another woman like yourself?)

1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breve en lengua mexicana y castellana, f. 12v:

tepatlachuia, mocioaicniuhtia, aic monamictiznequi, cenca quincocolia aiel quimittaz in oquichti

16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10

(She has carnal relations with other women; she takes female companions. She never desires a husband; she hates, detests men exceedingly)


mictihuetzi

miqui "to die" + -ti- + huetzi "to fall"

Morir cayendo. nimictiuetzi.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:


amiqui

Tener ſed. n,amiqui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233r:

(intransitive) To be thirsty; to thirst.


mayana

Tener hambre. ni,teociui. ni,mayana.


mauhcatzatzi

mauhqui (“frightened”) + tzatzi (“shout”)

Gritar. ni,tzatzi. ni,chiquiliztzatzi. ni,chichiquiliztzatzi. ni,mauhcatzatzi.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 133r:


quiyahui

Llouer. quiaui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 159r:


tzatzi

Balar la oueja tzatzi.choca.

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

ibid., f. 30v.
Bramar el torro. choca.tzatzi.

ibid., f. 66r.
Darbozes. nitzatzi.ni,tzatzatzi.

ibid., f. 133r.
Gritar. ni,tzatzi.ni,chiquiliztzatzi. ni,chichiquiliztzatzi.ni,mauhcatzatzi.

ibid., f. 200v.
Pregonar. nitzatzi.

(intransitive) To shout; yell; vocalize (of both humans and animals).


notza

Citar a juizio. nite,nauatia. nite,notza.

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

Llamar. nite,notza. nite,tzatzilia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 158v:

17C: Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Spanish), Bartolomé de Alva (Nahuatl translation), El Gran Teatro del Mundo, f. 1v.
Aquin nechnotza? — Who summons me?


yoli

Biuir. ni,yolli.ni,nemi.
[...]
Biuo. yoli.nemini.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 33v:


yectenehua

yēctli "good" + tenēhua "to name; recognize"

Alabar a otro. nite.yecteneua. nite.yequito. nite.q̈litoa.
[...]
Alabarſe. nino.yecteneua. nino.yequitoa. nino.qualitoa.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 13v:


tlequiquiztlaltema

tlequiquiztlalli (“gunpowder”) + tema (“fill”)

Cargar arcabuz. ni,tlequiquiztlaltema. [sic]

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

(transitive) To charge (a gun) with powder.


tonalmiqui

tonalli (“heat of the sun”) + miqui (“die”)

Abraſarſe del ſol.ni,tonalmiqui.ni,tlemiqui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 2v:

Ardor tener por el ſol o trabajo. ni,tonalmiqui,ni,tlemiꝗ

1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r:


tlemiqui

Abraſarſe del ſol. nitonalmiqui nitlemiqui.
[...]
Abraſarſe del huego. nitlatla. nitlemiqui.

Ardor tener por el ſol o trabajo. nitonalmiqui, nitlemic

1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 23r:

Calor tener. ni totonia, nitlemiqui.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 41v:

(intransitive) To be burned, scorched; to suffer from fire or heat.


xotla

Abraſarſe la tierra de grãcalor.xotla.tlalxotla.tlallixotla.tlalitlatla.


mictia

From Proto-Nahuan *miktia, from *miki (“to die”) + *-tia (causative).


potoni

Heder. n,ihyaya.ni,potoni.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 138r:


paqui

Alegrarſe. ni,papaqui. ni,paqui. ni,ahauia. n,auia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 14v:


pochtecati

Tratar mercaderia. ni,puchtecati.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 237v:

(intransitive) To be a merchant; to engage in trade.


toca

(transitive) to bury, to plant something


tlahtocati

16C: Annals of Tecamachalco
Nican micqui ynçe olintzin. incatca cempoualxiuhtica moeyca ỹntlahtocatic yno[zto]ticpac
(At this point Ce Olintzin died, who had ruled Oztoticpac for 23 years.)

nohuian motlàtòcātilia in Totēcuiyo Dios. En todas partes gouierna Nuestro Señor.
(Our Lord God rules everywhere.)

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 66v:

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1976/77: Martín N. Méndez Huaxcuatitla, Āmatlapohualistli de Don Lázaro Cárdenas http://www.sil.org/~tuggyd/tetel/F001i-Cardenas-nhg.htm nicnequi nitlaānas desde cuac otlajtojcātic Carrānza. (I'd like to start from the administration of Carranza.)


a̱miqui

Isthmus-Mecayapan Nahuatl spelling of amiqui


tlalteuhnemitia

tlalli (“earth”) + teuhtli (“dust”) + nemitia (“make live”)

Afligido eſtar de algun dolor o eſcozimiento corporal. nino,tlalteuhnemitia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 245v:


tepuztopilhuia

Alancear con lança. nite,ixili.nite,tepuztopilhuia.

(transitive) To lance; pierce with a lance.


ixili

in aqujn ic mjxili ivitzio, aoc vel qujça intlacamo motequj

16C, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 12

(if its spine is thrust in someone’s foot, it can no more come out unless it is cut out)


tzinquiza

tzīntli (“buttocks”) + quīza (“come out”)


tzompilihui

Romadizarſe. ni,tzompiliui. n,itlatlaci.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 217r:


choca

(intransitive) to bleat (of sheep); to roar, growl (of lions, jaguar, bulls); to cry (of birds)


temiqui

Soñar. ni,temiqui.nitla,cochitta.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 228v:


cotona

(transitive) to cut something, to break something off. Transitive counterpart of cotoni.


coyonenemi

Andar a gatas. ni,coyonenemi.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 125r:


tlatzontequilia

Iuzgar. nite,tlatzontequilia. nite,tlatlalilia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 145v:

(transitive) To sentence; pass judgement over; judge.


maca

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.


cah

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *katïC (“sit”).


nequi

(transitive) to want something, to desire


poloni

(intransitive) To mumble, stutter, stammer


huitz

Cuix huitze in cocoyo?

Mexico in cihuatl huitz.


ehua

Cuix tehua?


teci

teci. ni. (pret. onitez.) moler mayz, o cosa semejante en piedra.
(teci. to grind maize or something similar on a stone.)

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


mapohpohua

From māitl (“hand”) + pohpōhua (“to clean something”).


ixayopohpohua

From īxāyōtl (“tear”) + pohpōhua (“to clean something”).


calpohua

From calli (“house”) + pōhua (“to count, measure”).


totoltepohua

From tōtoltetl (“egg”) + pōhua (“to count”).


pohua

Related to tlapōhua (“to count, read, pay”).


hualtemo

From huāl- + temō (“to come down, descend, lower”).

prefix

ualtemo. ni. (pret. oniualtemoc.) abaxar o descendir de alto.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 154v. col. 2:

(ualtemo. to come down or descend from above.)


tonalpohua

From tōnalli (“day”) + pōhua (“to count, measure”).

compound

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

tonalpoa. ni. (pret. onitonalpouh.) adiuinar por signos o sueños, o sacar las fiestas por su calendario antiguo.

(tonalpoa. to divine by signs or dreams, or to determine holidays by their ancient calendar.)

to determine holidays using the Aztec calendar


amoxpohua

From āmoxtli (“book, codex”) + pōhua (“to tell, read”).

amoxpoa. n. (pret. onamoxpouh.) leer libro, o relatar el proceso.

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

amoxpoa. to read a book, or to relate a process.

(intransitive) to read from a book or text.

(intransitive) to relate or narrate a process.


altepetenanquetza

āltepētenānquetza (canonical)
āltepētenānquetz (preterite)

From āltepētenāmitl (“city wall”) + quetza (“to raise”).

Altepetenanquetza .n. poner terminos o mojo-
nes ala ciudad. Preterito . onaltepetenan-
quetz.
(Altepetenanquetza. to set the limits or boundary makers of a city. Preterite: onaltepetenanquetz.)

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


yaotlatquichihchihua

yāōtlatquichihchīhua (canonical)
yaotlatquichihchiuh (preterite)

From yāōtlatquitl (“weapons”) + chihchīhua (“to craft, fashion”).

Yaotlatquichichiua. ni. hazer armas para ſolda-
-dos.
(Yaotlatquichichiua. to make weapons for soldiers.)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 31r. col. 2:


cihuamiqui

cihuāmiqui (canonical)
cihuāmic (preterite)

From cihuātl (“woman, wife”) + miqui (“to die”).

Embiudar el varon. nicnooquichti. ni,ciuamiqui.
(For a man to widow. nicnooquichti. ni,ciuamiqui.)

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 93v:

Ciuamiqui.ni. embiudar el varon. Preterito . oni
ciuamic.
(Ciuamiquini.ni. for a man to widow. Preterite: oni ciuamic.)

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


xima

(transitive) to shave something, to smooth something


chiquiuhchihua

From chiquihuitl (“basket”) + chīhua (“to make”).

Ceſtas hazer.ni, chiquiuhchiua.

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


metztona

From mētztli (“moon”) + tōna (“to shine”).

Metztuna. hazer luna. pre. ometznac.

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

Metztuna. for the moon to shine. preterite: ometznac.

for there to be moonlight, for the moon to be shining


cochi

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan. Cognate with O'odham kohsig (“to sleep”) and Yaqui koche (“to sleep”).


itta

Oniquimittac moapas mochan.


ollama

From ōlli (“rubber, rubber ball”) + tlama (“to hunt, to capture”).

Iugar ala pelota con las nalgas. n,ollama.nin,ollamia. ni- / te,ollamia.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 145r:

To play in a ball game with the buttocks. n,ollama. nin,ollamia. nite,ollamia.

Ollama. n. jugar a la pelota con las nalgas . Prete. onollan.

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.

(intransitive) to play with a rubber ball, especially in the ritual ball game of ōllamaliztli


michahci

From michin (“fish”) + ahci (“to capture, reach for”). Base of the action noun michahxiliztli (“fishing”).


ohueyix

third-person singular augmented preterite of huēyiya


oyahualiuh

third-person singular augmented preterite of yahualihui


piqui

(transitive) to invent or fabricate something

(transitive) to wrap or enclose something


mamali

(transitive) to drill a hole through something


cuauhtequi

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl cuoutequi, Tetelcingo Nahuatl cuajtequi̱.


huica

(transitive) to lead something or someone


ixhui

(intransitive) to be full, to sate one's appetite


cetochhuia

cē tōchtli (“One Rabbit”, the year 1454 in the Aztec calendar) + -huia


iztlacati

From iztlactli (“saliva, poison”) + -ti (“translative verb”).


motla

(transitive) to stone something, to hunt something


cahcatza

(transitive) to tie something securely, tightly


ohza

(transitive) To anoint, to apply salve on something


petzoa

From petztli (“pyrite, smoothness”) + -oa (“(instrumental verb)”).
Cognate to petzcoa.

(transitive) to smooth something, to polish something


chiya

(transitive) to watch something, to observe


caltechoa

From calli (“house, container”) + -tech (“adjacent, side”) + -oa (“(instrumental verb)”).

(transitive) to separate something, to set aside


icza

(transitive) to step on something, to trample


patla

(transitive) to change something, to exchange


patla

(transitive) to melt something, to dissolve something. Transitive form of pati.


huitequi

(transitive) to strike something, to whip something


huapahua

(transitive) to strengthen, to raise a child


ihcequi

(transitive) to toast something on a griddle, to griddle


cahua

(transitive) to leave something, to abandon something


chihcha

/ˈt͡ʃiʔt͡ʃa/


pehpena

(transitive) to pick something; to choose


ithui

(intransitive) to be visible, to appear. Intransitive counterpart of itta.


nanquilia

(transitive) to answer, to respond to someone.


pitza

(transitive) to blow on something, to play a woodwind instrument

(reflexive) to inflame, to huff and puff


tlapayahui

From tla (“(impersonal)”) + *-payahui (“rain gently”). Cognate to ayahuitl, quiyahui, and cepayahui.

compound

(impersonal) To drizzle, rain gently for a long time.


cepayahui

From cetl (“ice”) + *-payahui (“rain gently”). Cognate to ayahuitl, quiyahui, and tlapayahui.


cuamana

(transitive) to lie to or deceive something


itqui

(transitive) to carry something, to transport


zaca

(transitive) to transport something, to carry something


catzana

(reflexive) To stretch one's arms and legs.


oncah

(intransitive) to exist, to be somewhere


tolinia

(reflexive) to suffer, to be impoverished


cuehzoa

(reflexive) to be disturbed, to be bothered


pahuaci

(transitive) to boil something, to stew something in a pot


tequipachoa

From tequitl (“work”) + pachoa (“press down”). Literally "to press work upon".

(transitive) to worry someone, to torment


pachoa

(transitive) to press down on something, to control someone, to sit on something


petztoloa

From petztli (“pyrite, smooth things”) + toloa (“to swallow”).

(transitive) to swallow something soft, something slippery


tenihza

From tēntli (“lips, mouth”) + ihza (“to wake up”).


teponazoa

teponāzoa (canonical)
teponāzoh (preterite)

Teponaçoa. ni. tañer teponaztli

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

Tepunaçoa. ni. tañer tepunaztli

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

(intransitive) to play the teponaztli; to play the drums

(transitive) (tla-) to play something like a drum


teponazoa

teponāzoa (canonical)
oninoteponāzoh (preterite)
omoteponāzoh (preterite)

Teponaçoa. nino. hincharſe come hidropico

Teponaçoa. nino. to swell like a dropsical

Tepunaçoa. mo. yrſe hinchando, o yr creciendo

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

Tepunaçoa. mo. to keep on swelling, or growing


xocolia

xococ (“sour”) + -lia (applicative verb suffix).

suffix

(transitive) to make (something) sour or bitter.


iztaya

(intransitive) To become white (like salt)


tlapoyahua

(impersonal) To become night, for night to fall


poztequi

(of bones and sticks) To become broken, break


petlani

(of a surface) To glisten, shine, sparkle


tlapetlani

(impersonal) (of lighting) To flash, to lightning


chalani

(of an instrument or voice) To be out of tune


tecocoa

From tē- (“someone, people”) + cocoya (“to be sick”) + -a.


polihui

(intransitive) to become lost or destroyed


choloa

(intransitive) to flee, escape, bound away


tozoa

(intransitive) to keep vigil, remain awake