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Letter A: Displaying 1941 - 1960 of 2551

atlaca tlatoliztica.

discourteously (see Molina)

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atlaca.

people of the water, of the lagoon, of the lake, or the sea; could be used to refer to the people of Mexico City, who lived on islands in the lake or perhaps even the people of the lake shores; sailors; mean people (see Molina and attestations)

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atlacacemelle.

Orthographic Variants: 
atlacacemele

rebellious, unwise, crazy (see Molina); also, perverted (see attestations)

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atlacamani.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑmɑni

for the sea to be altered by a storm (see Molina)

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atlacaneci.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑnesi

a bestial person (see Molina)

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atlacanemi.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑnemi

a disconcerted, dissolute, and vicious person (see Molina)

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atlacanemiliztli.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑnemilistɬi

a disconcerted, dissolute, and vicious way of living (see Molina)

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atlacaqui.

one who does not understand or hear; someone who is incorrigible (see Molina)

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atlacaquiliztli.

ɑhtɬɑkɑkilistɬi

the disobedience of the incorrigible person (see Molina)

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atlacatl.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ahtlaca-tl

a sailor, a boater, or one who fishes from a boat; or, a bad person (see Molina and attestations)

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atlacatlatoa.

someone who is not courteous, who has a foul mouth (see Molina)

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atlacatlatoani.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑtɬɑhtoɑːni

a discourteous person, or someone who is foul-mouthed (see Molina)

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atlacayotica.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑjoːtikɑ

inhumanely (see Molina)

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atlacayotl.

ɑhtɬɑːkɑyoːtɬ

inhumanity, or cruelty (see Molina)

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atlacco.

ɑːtɬɑkko
Orthographic Variants: 
ātlacco

at the place of a gully or stream (see Karttunen)

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atlacohua.

Orthographic Variants: 
atlacoua

ravine, canyon
Thelma Sullivan, Documentos Tlaxcaltecas del siglo XVI en lengua náhuatl (Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1987), 40. Stephanie Wood's translation of this term from the Spanish translations for atlacohua given by Sullivan.

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atlacomolatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
atlacomulatl

well water (see Molina)

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atlacomolhuia.

Orthographic Variants: 
atlacomulhuia

to fall into a ravine, a hole, or a well (see Molina)

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atlacomolli.

ɑːtɬɑkomoːlli

a well (a source of water), or a valley with water (see Karttunen)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 211.

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atlacomoloa.

Orthographic Variants: 
atlacomuloa

to make a hole or open a well (see Molina)

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