macahuitl

macahuitl, a knapped obsidian blade used in Mesoamerican cultures.


temecahuitequini

From tēmecahuītequi (“to whip, lash”) + -ni.

Açotador. temecauitequini.

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


chiyancaca

Spanish: chancaca

Açucar negro deſta tierra. chiancaca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 7r:

A dark, marzipan-like paste used as a sweetener.


Caxtillan chiyancaca

Spanish: chancaca

From Caxtīllān (“Spain”) + chiyancaca (“marzipane-like sweetener”).

compound

Açucar negro deſta tierra. chiancaca. / Açucar de caſtilla. lo meſmo. vel.caſtillan chiancaca.

Black sugar of this land. chiancaca. / Castilian sugar. the same, or caſtillan chiancaca.


alcaldeyotl

Alcaldia. alcaldeyotl.

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


youac moteittitia

yohuac motēittītia
yohuac moteittitia#Classical_Nahuatl

Obsolete spelling of yohuac motēittītia.


zoyacapolin

Equivalent to zoyatl (“palm tree”) + capolin (“wild cherry”).

Datiles. çoya capuli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 66v:


tlatlatlahtlalilli

From tla- + the patientive form of tlatlahtlālilia, honorific form of tlahtlālilia (“to undress”).

Deſnudo. tlapetlauhtli. tlapepetlauhtli. tlatlatlatlalilli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 79r:

Nude. tlapetlauhtli. tlapepetlauhtli. tlatlatlatlalilli.


cexiuhtlahcuilolli

From ce (“one”) + xihuitl (“year”) + tlahcuilōlli (“written document”).

Yſtoria de año en año. cexiuamatl. cexiuhtlacuilolli.

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

A record kept year by year. cexiuamatl. cexiuhtlacuilolli.


cexiuhamatl

From ce (“one”) + xihuitl (“year”) + āmatl (“document”).


cecemilhuitlahcuilolli

From cecen (“each one”) + ilhuitl (“day”) + tlahcuilōlli (“written document”).

Yſtoria de dia en dia. cecemilhuitlacuilolli. cecenilhuiamoxtli.

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

A record kept day by day. cecemilhuitlacuilolli. cecenilhuiamoxtli.

a record of events by days, or one kept daily; a diary


amatlahcuilolli

From āmatl (“paper”) + tlahcuilōlli (“written document”).

Carta eſcripta. amatlacuilolli.

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

Idem, f. 154r.

A letter, a written message. amatlacuilolli.


tlahcuilolli

From tla- + ihcuiloa (“to write, draw”) + -lli.

Pintada coſa. tlacuilolli. / […] Pintura. tlacuilolli. tlacuiloliztli.

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

Something painted. tlacuilolli. / […] A painting. tlacuilolli. tlacuiloliztli.

Eſcriptura como quiera. tlacuilloli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 112v:

Something written; writing, a written document.


cecemilhuitlacuilolli

Obsolete spelling of cecemilhuitlahcuilōlli.


tlatlatlatlalilli

Obsolete spelling of tlatlatlahtlālīlli.


cexiuhtlacuilolli

Obsolete spelling of cexiuhtlahcuilōlli.


castillan chiancaca

Caxtīllān chiyancaca
Caxtillan chiyancaca#Classical_Nahuatl

Obsolete spelling of Caxtīllān chiyancaca.


centlacolmetztli

From centlacol (“half”) + mētztli (“moon”).

Media luna. centlacol metztli. tlapanqui meztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 167r:

The half-moon. centlacol metztli. tlapanqui meztli.


cotaloliztli

From cotaloa (“to snore, grunt, croak”) + -liztli.

suffix

Ronquido. ycotoquiliztli. cotaloliztli.

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

Canto de rana. cotaloliztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 43v:

Gruñido de puerco. cotaloliztli. quiquinaquiliztli. nanalcaliztli. tzatziliztli.

The grunt of a pig. cotaloliztli. quiquinaquiliztli. nanalcaliztli. tzatziliztli.


tecuicihtli

Uncertain. Compare tēcuihtli, an archaic variant of tēuctli (“lord”), and cihtli (“hare”).

Cangrejo. tecuicitli.

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

Tecuicitli. cangrejo.

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

Cangrejo. tecuicitli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 24r. col. 1:


iztaxalli

Sal de mar. yzta xalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 220r:


apoctli

Baho que ſale del agua. apoctli.

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

Steam that emanates from the water. apoctli.


Inglatera

inglesestin inglatera tlaca tlahueliloque chicotlaneltocanime motenehua Eregesme.

the English, people of England, evil, wrong-believers called "heretics".


quehquelli

Coxquillas. quequelli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 57r:


tlacatecoloxocohuitztli

From tlācatecolōtl (“demon”) + xocotl (“fruit”) + huitztli (“thorn”).

compound

Abrojo otro de la tierra.tlacatecoloxocouitztli. tlacatecolo / uitztli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 3r:

Another kind of brier that grows on land. tlacatecoloxocouitztli. tlacatecolouitztli.

A brier or other thorny herbaceous plant.


nealtilatl

From ne- + the patientive form of āltia (“to wash, bathe”) + ātl (“water”).

. Agua do ſe bañan. nealtilatl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 10v:

Water set aside for bathing; a bath, baths.


Caxtillan pitzahuac etl

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + pitzāhuac (“something small”) + etl (“bean”), literally “small Spanish bean”.

Lentejas legunbre. caſtillan pitzauac etl.

Lentils, the legume. caſtillan pitzauac etl.


Caxtillan copalli

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + copalli (“copal”).

Eſtoraque olor. castillã copalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 119v:

A fragrant resin or incense of European origin; storax.


Caxtillan tlahtolli

From Caxtīllān (“Spain”) + tlahtōlli (“language”).

Romance lengua romana. roma tlahtolli.castillã tlatolli.

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

Romance, a Roman language. roma tlahtolli.castillã tlatolli.


Caxtillan texocooctli

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + texocotl (“wild apple”) + octli (“pulque, wine”).

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.


Caxtillan nacatlaoyoh tlaxcalli

head

Caxtīllān nacatlaōyoh tlaxcalli (inanimate)

Caxtīllān nacatlaōyoh tlaxcalli (canonical)

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + nacatlaōyoh (“meat-filled pastry”) + tlaxcalli (“bread”).

compound

Paſtel de carne. caſtillan nacatlaoyo tlaxcalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 190v:

Meatloaf. caſtillan nacatlaoyo tlaxcalli.


Caxtillan camohtli

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + camohtli (“sweet potato”).

çanahoria lo miſmo.vel. caſtillã camotli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 61r:

A carrot. the same, or caſtillã camotli.


michhuatzalli

From michin (“fish”) + tlahuātzalli (“something dried”), with the loss of the substantival element tla- (“thing”), as the element michin is a noun. Attested indirectly through a diminutive form in the compound Caxtīllān michhuātzaltepitōn (“dried sardine, herring”).

1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 221v.
Sardina arecada pece conocido. caſtillã michuatzaltepitõ.
A dried sardine, a known [type of] fish. caſtillã michuatzaltepitõ.


camohtli

desctree

→ Spanish: camote
Chavacano: camote
→ English: camote
→ Tagalog: kamote
→ Hokkien: ka-mú-tī

Turma de tierra o coſa aſſi. camotli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 239r:

A truffle of the earth or something of the sort. camotli.

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual

the edible tuber of the sweet potato plant, Ipomoea batatas


tetzilacatl

percussion instrument
percussion instrument

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


Caxtillan tzaucxochitl

From Caxtīllān (“Spain, something Spanish”) + tzaucxōchitl (“orchid”).

compound

Lirio. tzacuxochitl.caſtillan tzacuxochitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 156v:

A bulbous flowering plant of Spanish import; an iris or lily.


noteouh

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


nopil

first-person singular possessive of pilli; my child, my son.


tonahuan

first-person singular possessive plural of nāntli; (they are) our mothers.


tonan

first-person plural possessive of nāntli; (she is) our mother.


nocal

first-person singular possessive singular of calli; (it is) my house.

first-person singular possessive plural of calli; (they are) my houses.


mocal

second-person singular possessive of calli; your house, your home.

second-person singular possessive plural of calli; your houses, your homes.


ical

third-person singular possessive of calli; his, her or its house or home.

third-person singular possessive plural of calli; his, her or its houses or homes.


amocal

first-person plural possessive singular of calli; your house or home.

first-person plural possessive plural of calli; your houses or homes.


incal

third-person plural possessive of calli; their house or home.

third-person plural possessive plural of calli; their houses or homes.


notoca

first-person singular possessive of tōcāitl; my name.

first-person singular possessive plural of tōcāitl; my names.


tocal

first-person plural possessive of calli; our house or home.

first-person plural possessive plural of calli; our houses or homes.


monan

second-person singular possessive of nāntli; your mother.


amonan

second-person plural possessive of nāntli; your mother.


tonantzin

[tòˈnáːn̥t͡sìn̥]

From to- (“our”) + nāntli (“mother”) + -tzin.

first-person plural honorific possessive of nāntli; (she is) our (revered; beloved) mother.


tonantzin

[tòˈnáːn̥t͡sìn̥]

(mythology) A theonym of the goddess Cihuācōātl; the mother goddess.

(Christianity) An appellation of the Virgin Mary; (she is) our Blessed Mother.


iyeliz

third-person singular possessive of yeliztli; his, her or its nature or being.


totepeuh

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


imeuh

third-person plural possessive singular of etl; their bean.

third-person plural possessive plural of etl; their beans.


imeuh

From ī- (“his, her, its”) + metl (“agave plant”).

third-person singular possessive singular of metl; his, her or its agave plant.

third-person singular possessive plural of metl; his, her or its agave plants.


immichhuan

third-person plural possessive plural of michin; their fish.


icoauh

[iːˈkóː.aːʍ]

third-person singular possessive of cōātl; his, her or its snake.


imichhuan

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


nomiquiz

first-person singular possessive singular of miquiztli; my death.

first-person singular possessive plural of miquiztli; my deaths.


icue

third-person singular possessive of cuēitl; his, her or its skirt.

third-person singular possessive plural of cuēitl; his, her or its skirts.


icihuauh

third-person singular possessive of cihuātl; (she is) his wife.


nocihuauh

first-person singular possessive of cihuātl; (she is) my wife.


mocihuauh

second-person singular possessive of cihuātl; (she is) your wife.


icihuayo

third-person singular inalienable possessive of cihuātl; (it is) her womb; uterus.


mocihuahuan

second-person singular possessive plural of cihuātl; (they are) your wives.


icihuahuan

third-person singular possessive plural of cihuātl; (they are) his wives.


icihuahuahtzin

third-person singular honorific possessive plural of cihuātl; (they are) his (honorable; beloved) wives.


nocihuahuan

first-person singular possessive plural of cihuātl; (they are) my wives; women.


amauh

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


amotepeuh

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


iquillo

third-person singular inalienable possessive of quilitl; its leaves; foliage.


totlahtohcauh

first-person plural possessive of tlahtoāni; (he is) our sovereign.


itlahtohcayohuan

third-person singular inalienable possessive plural of tlahtoāni; (they are) his or her sovereigns.


ipillohuan

third-person singular inalienable possessive plural of pilli; (they are) his or her nobles; nobility.


nochichitohuan

first-person singular possessive plural of chichitōn; my small dogs.


in amauh in amotepeuh

second-person plural possessive of āltepētl; (it is) your altepetl; city.


in mauh in motepeuh

second-person singular possessive of āltepētl; (it is) your altepetl; city.


in amatzin in amotepetzin

second-person plural honorific possessive of āltepētl; (it is) your (great, honorable) altepetl; city.


tocihuahuan

first-person plural possessive plural of cihuātl; (they are) our wives; women.


nocih

first-person singular possessive singular of cihtli; (she is) my grandmother.


moteucyo

second-person singular inalienable possessive of tēuctli; (he is) your lord; master.


ihuauhquiltamal

third-person singular possessive of huauhquiltamalli; (it is) his tamale cooked with amaranth leaves.

huauhquiltamalli

third-person singular possessive plural of huauhquiltamalli; (they are) his tamales cooked with amaranth leaves.


moteucyohuan

second-person singular inalienable possessive plural of tēuctli; (they are) your lords; masters.


huauhquiltamalli

From huauhquilitl (“amaranth leaves”) + tamalli (“tamale”).

A tamale cooked with wild amaranth leaves.


imacal

third-person plural possessive plural of ācalli; (they are) their boats; canoes.

third-person plural possessive of ācalli; (it is) their boat; canoe.


mocih

second-person singular possessive singular of cihtli; (she is) your grandmother.


tocih

first-person plural possessive singular of cihtli; (she is) our grandmother.


tocih

As a proper noun, compare to other possessive theonyms: tēteoh īnnān (“she is the mother of the gods”), xīpe totēc (“he is our flayed lord”).

An appellation or aspect of the mother goddess Coatlicue; (she is) our grandmother.


motah

second-person singular possessive singular of tahtli; (he is) your father.


totah

first-person plural possessive singular of tahtli; (he is) our father.


intah

third-person plural possessive singular of tahtli; (he is) their father.


notah

first-person singular possessive singular of tahtli; (he is) my father.


imoc

third-person plural possessive singular of octli; (it is) their pulque; wine.


totahhuan

first-person plural possessive plural of tahtli; (they are) our fathers.


toteopixcauh

first-person plural possessive singular of teōpixqui; (he is) our priest.


inteopixcauh

third-person plural possessive singular of teōpixqui; (he is) their priest.


toteopixcahuan

first-person plural possessive plural of teōpixqui; (they are) our priests.


ioc

third-person singular possessive singular of octli; (it is) his, her or its pulque; wine.


nonacayo

first-person singular inalienable possessive singular of nacatl; (it is) my body; flesh.


inacayo

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


tonacayo

first-person plural inalienable possessive singular of nacatl; (it is) our flesh.


monacayo

second-person singular inalienable possessive singular of nacatl; (it is) your flesh.


amonacayo

second-person plural inalienable possessive singular of nacatl; (it is) your flesh.


innacayo

third-person plural inalienable possessive singular of nacatl; (it is) their flesh.


ilhuicaaxalli

From ilhuicaātl (“ocean”) + xālli (“sand”).


iyauh

in īyāuh chipilin

third-person singular possessive singular of ātl; (it is) its water; liquid.


imezzo

third-person plural inalienable possessive singular of eztli; (it is) their blood.


immiccahuan

third-person plural possessive plural of micqui; (they are) their dead; deceased.


mocuitl

second-person singular possessive singular of cuitlatl; (it is) your excrement.


inchihchimal

third-person plural possessive plural of chīmalli; (they are) their shields.


tocuitl

first-person plural possessive singular of cuitlatl; (it is) our excrement.


nocuitl

first-person singular possessive singular of cuitlatl; (it is) my excrement.


icuitl

[ˈíː.kʷit͡ɬ]

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


noquichcho

first-person singular possessive singular of oquichchōtl; (it is) my seed; semen.


inchimal

third-person plural possessive singular of chīmalli; (it is) their shield.


tochimal

first-person plural possessive singular of chīmalli; (it is) our shield.

first-person plural possessive plural of chīmalli; (they are) our shields.


amocuitl

second-person plural possessive singular of cuitlatl; (it is) your excrement.


nochimal

first-person singular possessive singular of chīmalli; (it is) my shield.

first-person singular possessive plural of chīmalli; (they are) my shields.


itlahtol

[iːˈt͡ɬáʔ.toːɬ]

third-person singular possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) his or her language; way of speaking.

tlahtōlli

third-person singular possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) his or her languages; ways of speaking.


mochimal

second-person singular possessive singular of chīmalli; (it is) your shield.

second-person singular possessive plural of chīmalli; (they are) your shields.


amochimal

second-person plural possessive singular of chīmalli; (it is) your shield.

second-person plural possessive plural of chīmalli; (they are) your shields.


incuitl

[ˈíːŋ.kʷit͡ɬ]

third-person plural possessive singular of cuitlatl; (it is) their excrement.


intlahtol

[iːnˈt͡ɬáʔ.toːɬ]

third-person plural possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) their language; way of speaking.

third-person plural possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) their languages; ways of speaking.


ichimal

[iːˈt͡ʃíː.maɬ]

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

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


totec

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


totec

(mythology) A theonym, usually borne by xipe totēc.


inchil

[ˈíːn.t͡ʃiːɬ]

third-person plural possessive singular of chīlli; (it is) their chili pepper.

third-person plural possessive plural of chīlli; (they are) their chili peppers.


nonacaz

first-person singular possessive singular of nacaztli; (it is) my ear.

first-person singular possessive plural of nacaztli; (they are) my ears.


amochil

second-person plural possessive singular of chīlli; (it is) your chili pepper.

second-person plural possessive plural of chīlli; (they are) your chili peppers.


nochil

[ˈnó.t͡ʃiːɬ]

first-person singular possessive singular of chīlli; (it is) my chili pepper.

first-person singular possessive plural of chīlli; (they are) my chili peppers.


tochil

[ˈtó.t͡ʃiːɬ]

first-person plural possessive singular of chīlli; (it is) our chili pepper.

first-person plural possessive plural of chīlli; (they are) our chili peppers.


ichil

[ˈíː.t͡ʃiːɬ]

third-person singular possessive singular of chīlli; (it is) his, her or its chili pepper.

third-person singular possessive plural of chīlli; (they are) his, her or its chili peppers.


totiyanquiz

first-person plural possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) our marketplace.

first-person plural possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) our marketplaces.


itiyanquiz

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

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


intiyanquiz

third-person plural possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) their marketplace.

third-person plural possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) their marketplaces.


amotiyanquiz

second-person plural possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) your marketplace.

second-person plural possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) your marketplaces.


nochan

first-person singular possessive singular of chāntli; (at) my house; at (my) home.


tochan

first-person plural possessive singular of chāntli; (at) our house; home; homeland.


amochan

second-person plural possessive singular of chāntli; (at) your house; home; homeland.


ichan

[ˈíː.t͡ʃaːn]

third-person singular possessive singular of chāntli; (at) his, her or its house; at (his, her or its) home.


inchan

third-person plural possessive singular of chāntli; (at) their house; home; homeland.


techan tlacah

[ˌtéː.t͡ʃaːn ˈt͡ɬáː.kaʔ]

From tēchān (“someone's house”) + tlācah (“people”), literally “people of one's household”.

Familia. cenyeliztli,cencalli.cencaltin.cemithualtin,techã tlaca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 122r:

The family. cenyeliztli. cencalli. cencaltin. cemithualtin. techã tlaca.


icpal

third-person singular possessive singular of icpalli; (it is) his, her or its seat; chair.

third-person singular possessive plural of icpalli; (they are) his, her or its seats; chairs.


mochan

second-person singular possessive singular of chāntli; (at) your house; at (your) home.


teconeuh

impersonal possessive singular of conētl; (he, she or it is) one's offspring or child; son or daughter.


iconeuh

third-person singular possessive singular of conētl; (he, she or it is) his, her or its offspring or child; son or daughter.


noconeuh

first-person singular possessive singular of conētl; (he, she or it is) my offspring or child; son or daughter.


nopiltzin

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


nomiuh

first-person singular possessive singular of omitl; (it is) my bone.


nocenteconetzin

first-person singular honorific possessive singular of centeconētl; (her or she is) my beloved only child; son or daughter.


nomiyo

first-person singular inalienable possessive singular of omitl; (it is) my bone.

first-person singular inalienable possessive plural of omitl; (they are) my bones.


cemithualtin

From cem (“one”) + ithualli (“courtyard”) + -tin, literally “folk of the courtyard”, because some homes were built around a common patio.


cocoliztli

Compound of cocoa (“to be sick”) + -liztli.


namox

first-person singular possessive singular of āmoxtli; (it is) my book; manuscript; document.


mamox

second-person singular possessive singular of āmoxtli; (it is) your book; manuscript; document.

second-person singular possessive plural of āmoxtli; (they are) your books; manuscripts, documents.


notecon

first-person singular possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) my gourd or calabash container.

first-person singular possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) my gourd or calabash containers.


totecon

first-person plural possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) our gourd or calabash container.

first-person plural possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) our gourd or calabash containers.


amotecon

second-person plural possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) your gourd or calabash container.

tecomatl

second-person plural possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) your gourd or calabash containers.


motecon

second-person singular possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) your gourd or calabash containers.

second-person singular possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) your gourd or calabash container.


itecon

third-person singular possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) his or her gourd or calabash container.

tecomatl

third-person singular possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) his or her gourd or calabash containers.


intecon

third-person plural possessive singular of tecomatl; (it is) their gourd or calabash container.

tecomatl

third-person plural possessive plural of tecomatl; (they are) their gourd or calabash containers.


intlacahuan

third-person plural possessive plural of tlācatl; (they are) their slaves.


itlacauh

[iːˈt͡ɬáː.kaʍ]

third-person singular possessive singular of tlācatl; (he or she is) his or her slave.


itlacahuan

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


motlacahuan

second-person singular possessive plural of tlācatl; (they are) your slaves.


motlacauh

second-person singular possessive singular of tlācatl; (he or she is) your slave.


amotlacahuan

second-person plural possessive plural of tlācatl; (they are) your slaves.


amotlacauh

second-person plural possessive singular of tlācatl; (he or she is) your slave.


notlacahuan

first-person singular possessive plural of tlācatl; (they are) my slaves.


notlacauh

first-person singular possessive singular of tlācatl; (he or she is) my slave.


intlacauh

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


totlacahuan

first-person plural possessive plural of tlācatl; (they are) our slaves.


totlacauh

first-person plural possessive singular of tlācatl; (he or she is) our slave.


tecomatl

tetl (counter)
-tecon (possessive radical)

Spanish: tecomate

A sliced gourd or calabash used as a container for liquids.

Tecomatl. vaſo de barro, como taça honda.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 93r. col. 1:

Tecomatl. an earthen vessel, like a large cup.

An earthen cup or pot made in the shape of such a container.


tococouh

first-person plural possessive singular of coco; (she is) our maid; servant.


nococohuan

first-person singular possessive plural of coco; (they are) my maids; servants.


tococohuan

first-person plural possessive plural of coco; (they are) our maids; servants.


mococohuan

second-person singular possessive plural of coco; (they are) your maids; servants.


mococouh

second-person singular possessive singular of coco; (she is) your maid; servant.


icocouh

third-person singular possessive singular of coco; (she is) his or her maid; servant.


incocohuan

third-person plural possessive plural of coco; (they are) their maids; servants.


nococouh

first-person singular possessive singular of coco; (she is) my maid; servant.


incocouh

third-person plural possessive singular of coco; (she is) their maid; servant.


motiyanquiz

second-person singular possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) your marketplace.

second-person singular possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) your marketplaces.


notiyanquiz

first-person singular possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) my marketplace.

first-person singular possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) my marketplaces.


inamox

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

āmoxtli

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


tetiyanquiz

impersonal possessive singular of tiyānquiztli; (it is) someone's marketplace.

impersonal possessive plural of tiyānquiztli; (they are) someone's marketplaces.


tamox

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

first-person plural possessive plural of āmoxtli; (they are) our books; manuscripts; documents.


iyamox

third-person singular possessive singular of āmoxtli; (it is) his, her or its book; manuscript; document.

āmoxtli

third-person singular possessive plural of āmoxtli; (they are) his, her or its books; manuscripts; documents.


inix

third-person plural possessive singular of īxtli; (it is) their eye.

third-person plural possessive plural of īxtli; (they are) their eyes.


iyix

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

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


coztic teocuitlatomin

From cōztic teōcuitlatl (“gold”) + tomīn (“tomín, coin”).

Moneda de oro. coztic taocuitlatomin, cuz ticteocuitla- / coualoni.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 175r:

A gold coin. coztic taocuitlatomin. cuztic teocuitlacoualoni.


tomin

From Spanish tomín, from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”).


immazahuan

third-person plural possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) their deer or horses.


imazahuan

third-person singular possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) his or her deer or horses.


momazahuan

second-person singular possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) your deer or horses.


tomazahuan

first-person plural possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) our deer or horses.


amomazahuan

second-person plural possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) your deer or horses.


nomazahuan

first-person singular possessive plural of mazātl; (they are) my deer or horses.


tomiquiz

first-person plural possessive singular of miquiztli; (it is) our death.

first-person plural possessive plural of miquiztli; (they are) our deaths.


amomiquiz

second-person plural possessive singular of miquiztli; (it is) your death.

second-person plural possessive plural of miquiztli; (they are) your deaths.


tenantzin

impersonal honorific possessive singular of nāntli; (she is) one's mother.

A polite way of referring to or speaking about mothers as a class; a mother, all mothers.


immiquiz

third-person plural possessive singular of miquiztli; (it is) their death.

third-person plural possessive plural of miquiztli; (they are) their deaths.


momiquiz

second-person singular possessive singular of miquiztli; (it is) your death.

second-person singular possessive plural of miquiztli; (they are) your deaths.


imiquiz

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

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


totlahtol

first-person plural possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) our language; way of speaking.

first-person plural possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) our languages; ways of speaking.


notlahtol

first-person singular possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) my language; way of speaking.

first-person singular possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) my languages; ways of speaking.


motlahtol

second-person singular possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) your languages; ways of speaking.

tlahtōlli

second-person singular possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) your language; way of speaking.


amotlahtol

[ámoˈt͡ɬáʔtoːɬ]

second-person plural possessive singular of tlahtōlli; (it is) your language; way of speaking.

second-person plural possessive plural of tlahtōlli; (they are) your languages; ways of speaking.


tzipitl

Spanish: chípil, chipilín

Tzipitl. la criatura que eſta enferma o deſgañada / a cauſa de eſtar ſu madre preñada.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 152v. col. 2:

Tzipitl. a child who is sick or has lost its appetite because its mother is [again] pregnant.

A child who has presumably fallen ill for continuing to nurse through its mother's pregnancy.


chapoltepec

Spanish: Chapultepec

From chapolin (“grasshopper”) + tepētl (“mountain, hill”) + -co.

(in the place of the) grasshopper hill; (in) Chapultepec; the forest retreat of Aztec rulers.


itlacoyo

third-person singular inalienable possessive singular of tlacōtl; (it is) its stem.

third-person singular inalienable possessive plural of tlacōtl; (they are) its stems.


yc macuilli metztli yn cexiuitl

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yc macuilli metztli yn cexiuitl (inanimate)

ic macuilli metztli in cexihuitl#Classical_Nahuatl

Obsolete spelling of ic mācuīlli mētztli in cexihuitl.


cexihuitl

A reduction of *cexxihuitl, from cen (“one”) + xihuitl (“year”).


mequiyotl

From metl (“agave plant”) + quiyōtl (“stem, shoot”).

compound

Tallo grande del maguey.mequiyotl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 111v. col. 1:

Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.
Mequiyotl. el tallo largo del maguei.
Mequiyotl. the long stem of the agave.

(botany) the stem or peduncle of the agave.


ic macuilli metztli in cexihuitl

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ic mācuīlli mētztli in cexihuitl (inanimate)

ic mācuīlli mētztli in cexihuitl (canonical)

A descriptive translation of Spanish mayo (“May”), from ic mācuīlli (“fifth”) + mētztli (“month”) + in cexihuitl (“the calendar year”).

Mayo mes quinto.lo meſmo. vel,metztli mayo. yc macuilli metztli yncexiuitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 161r:

May, the fifth month. the same, or metztli mayo. yc macuilli metztli yncexiuitl.

Mayo,mes quinto. lo meſmo. vel. metztli mayo. ycmacuilli metztli yncexiuitl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 80v. col. 1:

May, the fifth month. the same, or metztli mayo. ycmacuilli metztli yncexiuitl.


metztli mayo

From mētztli (“month”) + Spanish mayo (“May”). Calque of Spanish mes de mayo (“the month of May”).

calque

Idem, f. 55v. col. 1.

Metztli mayo. the month of May; and likewise for the others.

Metztli mayo. el mes de mayo. Et ſic de alijs.


tlacotl

[ˈt͡ɬá.koːt͡ɬ]

Vara. tlacotl.

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

Vara. tlacotl.

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

Tlacotl. xara, vardaſca.

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

Xara mata conocida. tlacotl.

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

The rockrose; a [locally] well-known plant. tlacotl.

(botany) a herbaceous plant similar to the rockrose.


ic ce metztli in cexihuitl

A descriptive neologism to translate Spanish enero (“January”). From ic ce (“first”) + mētztli (“month”) + in cexihuitl (“the calendar year”).

Enero lo meſmo. vel,yc ce metztli,yn cexiuitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 101v:

Juanary. the same, or yc ce metztli yn cexiuitl.

Enero. lo meſmo. vel. ycce metztli,ynce xiuitl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 53r. col. 2:

January. the same, or ycce metztli ynce xiuitl.


icualoca

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.


icoztica

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.


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.


itehuilotca

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.


iyiztaca

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.


ic eyi metztli in cexihuitl

A descriptive neologism to translate Spanish marzo (“March”). From ic ēyi (“third”) + mētztli (“month”) + in cexihuitl (“the calendar year”).

Março mes tercero. metztli março. vel, yc yei- / metztli yn cexiuitl.

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

March, the third month. metztli março, but also yc yei metztli yn cexiuitl.


ic chicueyi metztli in cexihuitl

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ic chicuēyi mētztli in cexihuitl (inanimate)

ic chicuēyi mētztli in cexihuitl (canonical)

A descriptive neologism to translate Spanish agosto (“August”). From ic chicuēyi (“eighth”) + mētztli (“month”) + in cexihuitl (“the calendar year”).

Agoſto mes.lo meſmo.uel yc chicuei metztli ycexiuitl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 10r:

August, the month. the same, or yc chicuei metztli ycexiuitl.

Agoſto mes. yc chicuei metztli ycexiuitl.

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

August, the month. yc chicuei metztli ycexiuitl.


metztli icualoca

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.


totoltetl iyiztaca

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

Clara de hueuo cozido. totoltetl yyztac a.

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

The white of a cooked egg. totoltetl yyztaca.

Totoltetl yyztaca. clara de hueuo.

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

the egg white or albumen, especially when boiled or cooked


totoltetl itehuilotca

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

Clara de hueuo crudo. totoltetl yteuilotca.

The white of an uncooked egg. totoltetl yteuilotca.

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

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

the egg white or albumen, especially when uncooked


totoltetl icoztica

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

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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


toltecatontli

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.


tacel

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


nachcocolhuan

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


machcocolhuan

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


nachcocol

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


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.


machcocol

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


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.


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.


iyachcocol

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


iyaayo

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


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.


immeuh

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

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


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.


tachcocolhuan

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


amachcocol

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


amachcocolhuan

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


imachcocolhuan

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


iyachcocolhuan

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


teachcocol

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


iyahciyan

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


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.


achcocolli

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


iyocuillo

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


iyoquichcho

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


moquichcho

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


teachcocolhuan

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


inteouh

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


moteouh

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


inteohuan

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


noteohuan

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


amoteouh

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


teteouh

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


toteouh

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


teteohuan

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


teacal

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

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


moteohuan

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


ihuallaliz

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


innahuan

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


-huan

tonān (“our mother”) → tonāhuān (“our mothers”)

notēouh (“my god”) → noteōhuān (“my gods”)

īmāchcōcōl (“their ancestor”) → īmāchcōcōlhuān (“their ancestors”)

Used to form the plural of animate nouns in the possessive form.


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)


Axayacatl

Spanish: Axayácatl

From ātl (“water”) + xāyacatl (“face, mask”).

Axayacatl, the sixth tlatoani of Mexico-Tenochtitlan and of the Aztec Triple Alliance.


ic ome

El ſegũdo.ynic ome. vel,inic ontetl. uel. ynic õtlamãtli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 255v:

The second. ynic ome. also, inic ontetl, also, ynic õtlamãtli.

El ſegundo. ynic ome. vel. ynic ontetl. vel.ynic ontlamantli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 2:

The second. ynic ome. also ynic ontetl. also ynic ontlamantli.


ic ce

Primero de muchos. yc ce.

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

Idem, f. 255v.
¶El primero.inic ce.vel,inic cẽtetl. vel.ynic,cẽtlamãtli.
The first. inic ce. also inic cẽtetl. also ynic cẽtlamãtli.

¶ El primero. ynicce. vel ynic centetl. vel, ynic centlamantli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 1:

The first. ynicce. also, ynic centetl. also, ynic centlamantli.


ic eyi

El tercero. ynic yey. vel,ynic yetetl.vel,ynic yetlamantli.

The third. ynic yey. also, ynic yetetl. also, ynic yetlamantli.

¶ El tercero. ynic yey . vel ynic yetetl. vel ynicyetlamantli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120v. col. 1:

The third. ynic yey. also, ynic yetetl. also, ynicyetlamantli.


ic nahui

El quarto. ynic naui. vel,ynic nauhtetl. vel,ynic nauhtlamantli.

The fourth. ynic naui. also, ynic nauhtetl. also, ynic nauhtlamantli.

Elquarto. ynicnaui. vel. ynicnauhtetl. vel . ynicnauhtlamantli.

The fourth. ynic naui. also. ynic nauhtetl. also. ynic nauhtlamantli.


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.


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


ic chicuace

Elſeſto. ynicchiquace. vel,ynic chiquacentetl. vel. ynic / chiquacentlamantli.

The sixth. ynic chiquace; also. ynic,chiquacentetl. and. ynic chiquacentlamantli.

Elſexto. ynic chiquace.vel. ynic chiquacentetl. vel. ynicchiquacentlamantli.

The sixth. ynic chiquace; also. ynic chiquacentetl. and. ynic chiquacentlamantli.


capolcuauhtlah

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

Cerezal. capulla. capulquauhtla.

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


tlaayotilli vino

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

compound

Vino aguado. tlaayotilli vino.ayo vino.

Diluted wine. tlaayotilli vino. ayo vino.


ic macuilli

El quinto. ynic macuilli. vel,ynic macuiltetl. vel,ynic ma / cuillamantli.

The fifth. ynic macuilli; also. ynic macuiltetl. and. ynic macuillamantli.

Elquinto . ynicmacuilli. vel. ynicmacuiltetl. vel.yn- / icmacuillamantli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt. 1, f. 120v. col. 1:


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


ic chicome

El ſeptimo. ynic chicome.vel.ynic chicontetl. vel, ynic / chiquacentlamantli. [sic]

The seventh. ynic chicome. also. ynic chicontetl. and, ynic chicontlamantli.


matlatli uçe

mahtlāctli once
mahtlactli once#Classical_Nahuatl

(Codex Magliabechiano) Obsolete spelling of mahtlāctli once.


caxtolpa onnappa

From caxtōlpa (“fifteen times”) + om- (“and”) + nāppa (“four times”).

Caxtulpa onnappa. dezinueue vezes.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 13r. col. 2:


imachiyo

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


christianosmeh

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

plural of christiano; (they are) Christians.


cemanahuactli imachiyo

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

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.


machiyotl

machiyōtl (canonical)
machiyōtl (plural)

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


atonalittaloni

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

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.

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


atonalmachiyotl

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

Relox de agua. atonalittaloni. atonalmachiotl.

Atonalittaloni. relox de agua. / Atonalmachiotl.idem.

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


zacayaman

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”).

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


vme

(Codex Magliabechiano) Obsolete spelling of ōme.


malinali

(Codex Magliabechiano) Obsolete spelling of malīnalli.


zacayamanqui

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


nauhcampa nacaceh machiyotl

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.


cuauhneuczayoltin

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


mimiyahuameh

plural of mīmiyāhuatl; (they are) honey bees.


azeite quauitl

aceite cuahuitl
aceite cuahuitl#Classical_Nahuatl


aceite cuauhtlah

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

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)

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.


miyequintin cuauhneuczayoltin

miyequintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (animate, plural only)

From miyequintin, plural form of miyec (“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.


ixachintin cuauhneuczayoltin

ixachintin cuauhneuczāyōltin (animate, plural only)

From ixachintin, plural form of ixachi (“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.


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


ollamaliztli

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.

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.


tehuayo

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


totlahtohcatzin

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


mehuayo

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


iyehuayo

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


inantzin

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


ipiltzin

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


tetahtzin

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


nehuayo

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


san Francisco teopixqueh

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


hicoxcuauhtlah

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

Higueral.hicoxquauhtla.

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

Higueral. hicoxquauhtla.

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


hicoxcuahuitl

head

hīcoxcuahuitl (inanimate, plural hīcoxcuahuitl)

hīcoxcuahuitl (canonical)
hīcoxcuahuitl (plural)

Higuera.hicoxquauitl.

Higuera. hicoxquauitl.


imilpan

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


michahci

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


melon milpan

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.


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.


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.


momilpan

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


immilpan

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


nomilpan

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


milpan

Spanish: milpa

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


milpanecah

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


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.


millahtlacah

plural of mīllahtlācatl; (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”).


iztlacatlahcuilohqueh

plural of iztlacatlahcuiloh; (they are) unreliable writers.


iztlacatlahcuiloh

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iztlacatlahcuiloh (animate, plural iztlacatlahcuilohqueh)

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


tlamatzoalcaxitl

Obsolete spelling of tlamatzohualcaxitl.


tlamatzoualcaxitl

Obsolete spelling of tlamātzohualcaxitl.


tlamatzohualli

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

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.


xiuhtlahcuilohqueh

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


altepetlahcuilohqueh

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


altepetlahcuiloh

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āltepētlahcuiloh (animate, plural āltepētlahcuilohqueh)

āltepētlahcuiloh (canonical)
āltepētlahcuilohqueh (plural)

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.


xiuhtlahcuiloh

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xiuhtlahcuiloh (animate, plural xiuhtlahcuilohqueh)

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.


amocihhuan

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


xipe totec

From xīpe (“the flayed one”), a divine title derived from xīpēhua (“to peel, flay”) + totēc (“our lord”).

(he is) the god of agriculture, smithing and the seasons.


teteuynan

tēteoh īnnān
teteoh innan#Classical_Nahuatl


teteoh innan

From tēteoh, plural of teōtl (“divinity; god”), + īnnān (“their mother”).

1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 263r.
Teteuynan inechichiuh / Motenholcupinticac / Tlaxapochtli in contlaliticac ycamapan
Attire of tēteoh īnnān. Her lips are plumped with rubber. On her cheek is a [black] circle.

(mythology) (she is) the mother of gods; an aspect of Coatlicue as a mother goddess and primordial earth goddess.


oquichchotl

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


techahuanan

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


nochahuanan

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


mochahuanan

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


tochahuanahuan

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


tlalchichimeh

[t͡ɬaːɬ.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃí.meʔ]

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


vino calli

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.

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


octlaliloyan

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

(in) a place where pulque is made and stored

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


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.


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)

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


teomilco

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.


nocualac

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


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.


mazaxococuahuitl

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mazāxococuahuitl (inanimate, plural mazāxococuahuitl)

mazāxococuahuitl (canonical)
mazāxococuahuitl (plural)

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

compound

Ciruelo dela tierra. maçaxocoquauitl.

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

A plum tree of this land. maçaxocoquauitl.

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


tlahtohcatopilli

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tlahtohcātopilli (inanimate, plural tlahtohcātopilli)

tlahtohcātopilli (canonical)
tlahtohcātopilli (plural)

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.


ciruela cuahuitl

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ciruela cuahuitl (inanimate, plural ciruela cuahuitl)

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

Ciruelo arbol. ciruelaquauitl.

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

Ciruelo de caſtilla.ciruela quauitl.


mazaxocotl

mazāxocotl (inanimate, plural mazāxocotl)

mazāxocotl (canonical)
mazāxocotl (plural)

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

Ciruela deſta tierra. maçaxocotl.

A plum that grows in this land. maçaxocotl.

Ciruela deſta tierra. maçaxocotl.

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


tlahtohcayohqueh

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


tlahtohcayoh

tlahtohcāyoh (animate, plural tlahtohcāyohqueh)

tlahtohcāyoh (canonical)
tlahtohcāyohqueh (plural)

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

(he or she is) a person 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.


-c

form of -co with stems ending in vowels. (Added to nouns) on, in, at; used to form placenames or indicate location.


nocuic

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


tocuic

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


mocuic

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


tecuappantli

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tecuappantli (inanimate, plural tecuappantli)

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)

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)

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)

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.


icuauhyo

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


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:


nahnahui

Reduplicated form of nāhui (“four”) with saltillo; compare nānāhui (“four at a time; by fours”).

De quatro en quatro.vel,cada vno quatro. nanaui. vel, / nanauhtetl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 254r:

Four at a time, or four each. nanaui. also, nanauhtetl.

De quatro en quatro. vel. cada uno quatro.nanaui. / nanauhtetl.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 120r. col. 1:

Four at a time, or four each. nanaui. nanauhtetl.


nanahui

Long-vowel reduplicated form of nāhui (“four”); compare nahnāhui (“four apiece”).

De quatro en quatro. nanaui.nanauhtetl.

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

Idem, f. 254r.

De quatro en quatro.vel,cada vno quatro. nanaui. vel, / nanauhtetl.

(distributive) four at a time; by fours.


oome

Reduplicated form of ōme (“two”); compare ohōme (“two apiece”).

De dos en dos. oome.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 68r:

Idem, f. 254r.

Two at a time, or two apiece. o ome, also o ontetl.

De dos en dos. vel,cada vno dos.o ome. vel,o ontetl.

De dos en dos. vel. cada vno dos. ooome. vel .oon- / tetl.

Two at a time, or two apiece. oome, also oontetl.


ohome

Reduplicated form of ōme (“two”) with saltillo; compare ōōme (“two at a time”).

Cada vno dos. o ome. o ontetl.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 39v:

Idem, f. 254r.


cehcen

Reduplicated form of ce (“one”) with saltillo; compare cēcen (“one at a time”).

Cada vno ſendos. cecentetl. cecen.

Idem, f. 254r.
¶De vno en vno. vel cada vno ſẽdos,cecẽ.vel,cecẽtetl.
One at a time, or one apiece. cecẽ, also cecẽtetl.

¶ De vno en vno . vel. cada vno ſendos. cecen. vel. / cecentetl.

One at a time, or one apiece. cecen, also cecentetl.


a a a

H A ha ha . a a a . del que / ſe rie. […] Hi hi hi. a a a. del que / ſe rie.

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

H A ha ha. a a a . of one who is laughing. […] Hi hi hi. a a a. of one who is laughing.

Alternative spelling of ha ha ha; an onomatopoeic representation of laughter.


ho ho ho

¶Ho ho ho . ha ha ha . del que ſe rie.

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

¶Ho ho ho . ha ha ha. of one who is laughing.

an onomatopoeic representation of laughter.


hi hi hi

Imitative. Compare Spanish jiji and English hee-hee.

A a a. del que ſe rie ha ha ha.hi hi hi.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 1r:

A a a. of one who is laughing. ha ha ha. hi hi hi.

A a a.del que ſe rie. ha / ha ha. hi hi hi.

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

Idem, f. 22r. col. 1.

Hi hi hi. a a a. of one who is laughing.

an onomatopoeic representation of giggling or laughter.


ha ha ha

Imitative. Compare Spanish jaja and English haha.

Idem, f. 1r. col. 2.
¶Ho ho ho . ha ha ha . del que ſe rie.
¶Ho ho ho . ha ha ha. of one who is laughing.

Idem, f. 22r. col. 1.

H A ha ha. a a a . of one who is laughing.


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.


axcan

[ˈáːʃ.kaːn̥]

Agora tiempo preſente.axca.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 9v:

Agora, tiempo preſente. axca. axcan. Aduer.

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

Now; the present time. axca. axcan. Adverb.

Idem, f. 19r. col. 1.


amonahuatlahtol

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


innahuatlahtol

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


tonahuatlahtol

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


monahuatlahtol

second-person singular possessive singular of nāhuatlahtōlli; (it is) your Nahuatl; your 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)

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)

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.


motepeuh

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


mauh

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


tlilxochitl

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tlīlxōchitl (inanimate, plural tlīlxōchitl)

tlīlxōchitl (canonical)
tlīlxōchitl (plural)

[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.


tlacahuahqueh

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


tlatquihuahqueh

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


-huah

āxcāitl (“goods; riches”) → āxcāhuah (“he who has riches; a wealthy man”)

michin (“a fish”) → michhuah (“he who has fish; a fisher”)

tlācatl (“a person”) → tlācahuah (“he who owns a person; a slaveowner”)

(appended to nouns) a possessive suffix; indicates the possessor or owner of the root word.


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)

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.


tlattoyan

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

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

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

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

(in) an outlook, vantage point or observatory.


tlatquihuah

tlatquihuah (animate, plural tlatquihuahqueh)

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.

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.


tlahtohcapipiltin

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


tlahtohcapilli

head

tlahtohcāpilli (animate, plural tlahtohcāpīpiltin)

tlahtohcāpilli (canonical)
tlahtohcāpīpiltin (plural)

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.


matzahoctli

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

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)

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.


cemicac yoliliztli

cemihcac yōliliztli
cemihcac yoliliztli#Classical_Nahuatl

Obsolete spelling of cemihcac yōliliztli..


yolilizatl

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).


cemihcac yoliliztli

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.


yoliliztli

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.


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).


chiyamachiuhqueh

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


chiyamachiuhqui

head

chiyamāchīuhqui (animate, plural chiyamāchīuhqueh)

chiyamāchīuhqui (canonical)
chiyamāchīuhqueh (plural)

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.


hueyi michchiyahuacayotl

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

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


cihuahuahqueh

plural of cihuāhuah; (they are) married men.


teoquichhui

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


tenamic

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


namiquehqueh

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


oquichhuahqueh

plural of oquichhuah; (they are) married women.


tecihuauh

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


ohueyix

third-person singular augmented preterite of huēyiya


oyahualiuh

third-person singular augmented preterite of yahualihui


oquichhuah

head

oquichhuah (animate, plural oquichhuahqueh)

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

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.

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


ohueyix metztli

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.


cihuahuah

head

cihuāhuah (animate, plural cihuāhuahqueh)

cihuāhuah (canonical)
cihuāhuahqueh (plural)

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.


oyahualiuh metztli

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

compound

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.


-pol

Compare the morphologically similar diminutive suffix -pīl.

(appended to nouns) an augmentative suffix; forms nouns denoting largeness.

(appended to nouns) an emphatic or augmentative suffix; emphasizes that something is large, intense or important.

(appended to nouns) a pejorative suffix; expresses contempt, disdain or disapproval.


namiqueh

nāmiqueh (canonical)
nāmiquehqueh (plural)

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

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.


coatl icue

From cōātl (“it is a snake”) + īcue (“it is her skirt”).

(mythology) (she is) her skirt is of snake; the mother goddess Coatlicue.


ocozacatl

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


tlacamayeh

Equivalent to tlacatl (“person”) + maitl (“hand”) + -eh (“having”)

affix

canelnoço tlacamaie; tlacaicxe, inquẽman moquetztiuh in nenemj.

1500s, Florentine Codex, volume 3, page 10v:

Because [the raccoon] can use its hands and feet like a human, sometimes it walks on two legs.

(Of an animal) able to hold things with its forepaws, as a human does.


nech-

Object prefix for verbs; it indicates that the object is first-person singular; me


piqui

(transitive) to invent or fabricate something

(transitive) to wrap or enclose something


-oa

(transitive) Instrumental verbal suffix; usually, but not exclusively, appended to nouns to create verbs. Transitive counterpart of -ihui.


mamali

(transitive) to drill a hole through something


tlacamaye tequani

tlacamayeh tecuani
tlacamayeh tecuani#Classical_Nahuatl

Alternative spelling of tlacamayeh tecuani


pezohtli

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


cuauhtequi

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl cuoutequi, Tetelcingo Nahuatl cuajtequi̱.


acaltetepon

Mexican beaded lizard
Mexican beaded lizard

Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum).


Cuauhtemallan

→ Spanish: Guatemala

cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”)

suffix

haçito in quauhtemalla catentocatiuj

16th century, Florentine Codex, lib. 10, cap. 29, f. 140v:

Iximche, a Kaqchikel kingdom in what is now Guatemala


Azcapotzalco

āzcapōtzalli (“anthill”) + -co (“locative suffix”)

çan yenōyuhqui ic ōquintlàpalòquè in Tlaxcaltēcatlàtòquè, in quēnin ōquitlàpalòquè in Atzcapotzalco ^([sic]) Tlàtoāni, ſaludaron à los Principales de Tlaxcala, de la meſma manera, que al Señor de Azcapuzalco.

1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaracion de los aduerbios della (overall work in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Ruyz, pages 120v–121r:


acacueyatl

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

compound

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”)


huica

(transitive) to lead something or someone


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)


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”).


Citlaltepetl

From citlālin + tepētl. "Star Mountain".

An extinct volcano located between Mexico City and Veracruz.


-tli

Absolutive suffix for noun bases that end with a consonant.


-tl

Absolutive suffix for noun bases that end with a vowel.


-lli

-l + -tli (absolutive suffix). Gemination arises from regular assimilation of -l- and -tl-.

Forms a passive participle from any verb.


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:


granadaxocotl

Piña fruta conocida. matzatli.

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


naranjaxocotl

Piña fruta conocida. matzatli.