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Letter A: Displaying 1861 - 1880 of 2551

atempach.

a person full of lice

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Atempanecatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
atenpanecatl

a high captain with a long labret, leather ear plug, a headband with eagle-feather tassels binding his hair (see Sahagún)

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atempolocotli.

ɑːtempolokohtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
atepucatl

a tadpole (see Molina)

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atenamitl.

ɑːtenɑːmitɬ

a dike (a wall to hold back water); parapet, eaves, or the sides of a rooftop; or, a wall

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atenco.

ɑːteːnko

coast, at the water's edge, at the edge of the sea (see attestations)

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atencoconahuia.

Orthographic Variants: 
atencoconauia

to look carefully for lice or fleas (see Molina)

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atenemachpan.

suddenly or unexpectedly (see Molina)

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ātenextic.

light gray color.
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Atengo.

Orthographic Variants: 
Atenco

a placename (Hispanized, changing the c to g); see our entry for atenco (and see attestations)

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ātēnno.

at the edge of the water or river bank.
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atenoa.

ɑːteːnoɑ

to sit down at the seashore or river bank (see Molina)

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atenqui.

ɑːteːnki

something full of water, such as a sinking boat (see Molina)

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atenteyo.

ɑːteːnteːyoh
Orthographic Variants: 
ātēntēyoh

shore, beach (see Karttunen)

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atentli nictoca.

to navigate along the seashore or river bank (see Molina, who gives this example in the first person singular)

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atentli.

ɑːteːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
atetl, ātēntli

seashore or river bank; the edge of a body of water (see Molina and Karttunen)

1. land at the edge of the water. 2. inhabited area at the edge of a river.
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atenyo.

something full of lice (see Molina)

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atenyo.

ɑːteːnyoh
Orthographic Variants: 
ātēnyoh

river bank (see Karttunen)

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ateoquichtehuihui.

Orthographic Variants: 
ateoquichteuiui

sick, weak and thin (see Molina)

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ateoquichtlamachti.

to be or become sickly, weak, and thin (see Molina)

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atepocapatli.

ɑːtepokɑpɑhtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
atepocapahtli

a medicinal herb (Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 118.

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