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amacopilli.

ɑːmɑkopilli

a cone made of paper, usually worn on the head (see Molina and attestations)

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amacopiltia.

ɑːmɑkopiltiɑ

to put a paper cone on someone's head (see Molina and attestations)

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Amacozatl.

Orthographic Variants:

amacotzatl, amacotzac

the name of a river in the hot lands
A. Wimmer, citing Sahagún and Garibay, in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/amacozatl/40492

the name of a barrio (also spelled Amacotzac) near Cohuixco (presumably near the river, too)
Pilar Maynez, El calepino de Sahagún: Un acercamiento (2014), referring to book 11, f. 224. Maynez translated Amacotzac as "En el Arcoiris."

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amacozcatl.

paper garlands—literally, paper necklace(s);
also, a killdeer (bird) (see attestations)

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amacuahuitl.

ɑːmɑkwɑwitɬ

Orthographic Variants:

āmacuahuitl, amaquahuitl, amaguahuitl, amaquavitl

fig tree (the inner bark was used in paper making) (see Karttunen)

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amacuexpalli.

ɑːmɑkweʃpɑlli

paper neck ornament
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 2 -- The Ceremonies, no. 14, Part III, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1951), 82.

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āmafōlzah.

plastic bag.

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āmahcāhua.

to push or throw s.o., an animal or s.t. in the water.

A. Una persona tira algo en el agua. “Yo cuando voy a traer agua aviento piedritas y mi mamá me regaña”.

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āmahcāhuiliā.

to throw s.t. that belongs to s.o. else in the water.

# una persona empuja con su mano a otro o otra cosa para que se caiga en el agua. “le tire la ropa de mi hermano al agua por que me hizo enojar cuando me estaba bañando”.

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amahuia.

Orthographic Variants:

amauia

to paper something (see Molina), or to wrap in paper (see attestations)

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āmāhuiltiā.

to splash water while playing.

# ni. Una persona un animal domestico se moja, se salpica o lo moja a otro cuando mueve el agua. “Cuando vay a bañarme con Fidel empieza a jugar el agua y nos salpica”.

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