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Letter A: Displaying 941 - 960 of 2551

alaxoxpotoctli.

the grease secreted by the rind of an orange.
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alaxoxtōca.

to plant orange trees.
A. Una persona pone la semilla de la naranja dentro de la tierra y despues retoña. “Tu papá siembra naranja cada año en su milpa”.
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alaxoxtōctli.

orange plant.
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alaxoxtōquiliā.

to plant orange trees for s.o. else.
# una persona entierra la mata de naranja en algún lugar donde ya ahí algo sembrado. “le siembro naranja a mi suegro en su milpa porque recientemente ha llovido y suave la tierra”.
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alaxtic.

smooth.
# Pescado y cosa que no tiene callos. “Es muy dificil agarrar pescados, porque son muy lisos”.
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alaxtli.

s.t. smooth; root of ALAXTIC and ALAXIHUI.
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alaztic.

ɑlɑstik

something slippery

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alba.

an alb, a white linen tunic worn over a habit (see attestations)

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albacea mayor.

chief executor

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albacea.

Orthographic Variants: 
albasea, albansea, albasia, alfasea, aluacia, aluacia

executor of a will (see attestations)

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albaceatopileh.

official in charge of executorship

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albaricoque.

a fruit; often, an apricot or an apricot tree (a loanword from Spanish, but originally from Arabic)

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alcahuete.

procurer

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alcaide.

Orthographic Variants: 
algaite, alcayde

jailor
Frances Karttunen and James Lockhart, Nahuatl in the Middle Years: Language Contact Phenomena in Texts of the Colonial Period, Linguistics 85 (Los Angeles, University of California Publications, 1976), 54.

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alcaideti.

to hold the office of alcaide

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alcalde actual.

present judge

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alcalde de corte.

criminal judge belonging to the high court (Royal Audiencia) of New Spain and viceroy.

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alcalde mayor.

Orthographic Variants: 
alcarte mayor

highest magistrate of a district, often equivalent to "corregidor" and usually held by a Spanish colonial official
The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 153.

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alcalde ordinario.

full wording for "alcalde," in this context, an indigenous officer, on the town council (cabildo)
The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 153.

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alcalde pasado.

former judge

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