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Letter A: Displaying 1081 - 1100 of 2551

a water well (see Molina)

a whirlpool
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing A. Wimmer (2004), "tourbillon d'eau." https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/amalacatl/40518

Orthographic Variants: 
amalacotic teocuitlatl chalchiuitl

gold or precious stone made in the shape of a certain herb called amalacotl (see Molina)

a certain round herb that grows in water (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amamachiotl

the themes/topics/subjects of those who are learning how to write (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amamachiotlacuiloltzaqua, amamachiyotlacuiloltzaqua

to put a seal or a stamp on a piece of writing (see Molina)

a water-whirler
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997, 211.

ɑhmɑhmɑːni

for there to be puddles all around; or, for it to be stormy (see Molina)

ɑhmɑhmɑːnilistɬi

a storm (see Molina), a rain storm

a paper loincloth
Katarzyna Mikulska, "Te hago bandera... Signos de banderas y sus significados en la expresión gráfica nahua", en Los códices mesoamericanos: registros de religión, política y sociedad, Miguel Ángel Ruz Barrio y Juan José Batalla Rosado, coordinadores (Zinacantepec: El Colegio Mexiquense, 2016), 85–133. Ver la p. 95. Cita a Dehouve, 2009, 22.

ɑːmɑn
Orthographic Variants: 
āman

today, or immediately, right way (see Karttunen)

ɑːmɑnɑ

to make chocolate or similar drink, or to divine in water (see Molina)

ɑhmɑnɑ

to disturb, unsettle, agitate; to become distracted, upset, nervous (see Molina)

to have water on the hearth.
for water to pool somewhere when it rains.

1) Bubblehead, a bird (see Hunn, in attestations);
2) an ear plug made of paper (see Campbell, in attestations)

ɑːmɑnɑlistɬi

divination in water (see Molina)

ɑːmɑnɑlli

a pool or tank of water (see Molina), a lake (see Karttunen)

ɑːmɑnɑːmɑkɑ

to sell books or paper (see Molina); this is from amatl, paper or books, and namaca, to sell

ɑːmɑnɑːmɑkɑk

bookseller, paper seller (see Molina)