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Letter A: Displaying 1861 - 1880 of 2521

atepocatl.

ɑtepokɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
atepucatl

tadpole
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 202.

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ateponaztli.

American Bittern, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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atepotzco niyauh.

Orthographic Variants: 
ateputzco niauh, atepotzco niauh

to go to the other side of the river or sea (see Molina, who gives the example in the first person singular)

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atepotzco.

Orthographic Variants: 
ateputzco

from the other part of the river or lake (see Molina)

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atequia.

to water something; or, to throw water on someone (see Molina, Karttunen, and contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl from IDIEZ)

to pour water on s.o. or s.t.
nic. nimo. Una persona le hecha agua a alguien, un animal silvestre, un animal doméstico o una flor. “Hilario le hecha agua a su hermano menor en su cabeza cuando no quiere bañarse”.
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ātequihuiā.

to use much water for a task.
# ni. Una persona tira mucha agua cuando hace una cosa en algún lugar. “Ofelia cuando lava la ropa ocupa mucha agua y le alcanza”.
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ātēquiliā.

to pour water on s.t. that belongs to s.o.
# Nic. Una persona moja una cosa de otro. “Perla riega la flor de su mamá solo en las tardes para que no se seque”.
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atequilizcuicatl.

a song about spraying water (term found in the Cantares Mexicanos (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 197, nota 85.

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atequixtia.

ɑːtekiːʃtiɑ

to castrate someone (see Molina)

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atetech acini.

one who is taciturn, aloof, evasive (see Molina)

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atetl.

ɑːtetɬ

a testicle; or, a rock in water (see Karttunen)

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atetlacamatiliztli.

disobedience (see Molina)

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atetlacamatini.

someone who is disobedient, stubborn, obstinate (see Molina)

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atexatl.

something to drink with something ground in it, perhaps a gruel (see Lockhart); entered Spanish as tejate, a frothy beverage served in gourds

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atexcalli.

rocks or stones from the sea (see Molina)

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atexicolli.

ɑːteʃikoːlli

the scrotum (see Molina)

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atexpetlatl.

ɑːteʃpetɬɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ātexpetlatl

tortoise shell (see Karttunen)

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atextli.

a beverage made from cacao, said to excite the sexual appetite (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), 109.

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ateyequitoani.

someone with a foul mouth (see Molina)

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ateyequitoliztli.

the act of complaining or criticizing (see Molina)

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