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C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 2101 - 2120 of 5795
tʃiːtʃiːwɑlkɑːwɑltiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
chichiualcaualtia

to wean a child (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chichivalcuavitl, chichihualquahuitl

a tree of udders (see attestations)

tʃiːtʃiːwɑlli
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīhualli

the breast
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 214.

s.o.ʻs or s.t.ʻs breast.
# Parte de enfrente animal silvestre y animal domestico femenina con la que le da pecho a su hijo. “los pechos de ese puerco se han colgado mucho porque lo estiraron mucho sus hijos.”
tʃiːtʃiːwɑlmekɑpɑl

a woman with large breasts (see Molina)

tʃiːtʃiːwɑltekomɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīhualtecomatl

udder; someone with large breasts (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chichiualtomaua

for breasts to harden, become full with milk; to harden, become stiff (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chichiualtomaualiztli

the hardening of the breasts (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chichiualtzitzquia

to touch the breasts of a woman (see Molina)

tʃiːtʃiːwɑljɑkɑwiːtstɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
chichiualyacauitztli

the nipple of the breast (see Molina)

nursemaids (see Sahagún)

tʃitʃilɑmɑ

bitch, female dog (see Karttunen)

tʃiːtʃiːlɑːskɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlāzcatl

a type of large red ant (see Karttunen)

tʃiːtʃiːleːwi
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlēhui

turn red, to blush (see Karttunen)

red or somewhat purple ashes (see Molina)

tʃitʃiliɑː

to make something or someone bitter (see Karttunen)

tʃiːtʃiːliwi
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchīlihui

to become red (see Karttunen)

1. for a fruit to redden as it ripens. 2. for a food to redden when chile or tomato is added.
# un tipo de comida se va haciendo roja porque le van poniendo chile o jitomate. “cuando Irma prepara mole le dicen que le pongan mucho jitomate para que sea bonito de rojo su comida”.

pine, or pine hammers 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), 77.

tʃiːtʃiːliwki

something chilli red

to turn out reddish or red (see Molina)