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Letter A: Displaying 321 - 340 of 2551

ācetl.

hail.
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ach anel.

Orthographic Variants: 
achanel, ach ahnel

people say, one doesn't know (see our entries for "ach" and "anel.")

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ach.

ɑtʃ

possibly, perhaps; dubitative particle indicating possibility, not knowing (see Karttunen); a particle indicating ignorance with interrogative words; emphasizing casual expressions; exclamation of surprise (see Carochi)

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achacalin.

ɑːtʃɑkɑlin

large shrimp

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achahuitl.

ɑːtʃɑːwitɬ

swamp (see Karttunen)

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achalalactli.

Orthographic Variants: 
achalalatli

Slender-billed Grackle (a bird); see Hunn, in attestations

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achalchihuitl.

ɑːtʃɑːltʃiwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
achalchiuitl

a stone such as marble or jasper (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

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achalchiuhtetl.

stone with marble or jasper in it (see Molina)

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Achane.

a personal name, "Homeless One"
James Lockhart (The Nahuas, 1992, 121) translated this name from the c. 1580 census of Culhuacan.

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achaquin.

I don't know who it is (see Molina)

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achauhtla.

ɑːtʃɑːwtɬɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
āchāuhtlah

swamp (see Karttunen)

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achca.

ɑtʃkɑ

often (see Karttunen)

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achcampa.

ɑtʃkɑːmpɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
achcāmpa

one knows not where (see Karttunen)

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achcanin.

ɑtʃkɑːnin
Orthographic Variants: 
achcānin

one knows not where (see Karttunen)

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achcauhcalli.

the house of the ruler's executioners (see Sahagún)

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achcauhtli.

ɑːtʃkɑːwtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
āchcāuhtli, achcautli

older brother, warrior leader, ship captain, or person of authority (from Joe Campbell by way of H-Nahuatl listserv, 7/8/2022); leader of youths (see Karttunen); also, a constable (see Sahagún)

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achcauhuia.

to be improved by what is distributed (see Molina)

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achchica.

ɑtʃtʃikɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
achica

often (see Karttunen)

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achcolli.

ɑtʃkoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
achcōlli

great-grandfather, ancestor (see Karttunen)

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achi iuhqui.

Orthographic Variants: 
ach yuhqui

almost like that, or it almost looks that way, or it is similar (see Molina)

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