C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 2201 - 2220 of 5764
tʃiːtʃtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
chīchtli

an owl; a type of whistle; or, a sorcerer (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chico niteiquania

to remove someone from a position or duty (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicu-, chiuc-

combining form for numbers that have a sub-base of 5
Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 59.

tʃiko

to one side, sideways, perversely, in a crooked fashion (see Molina); a fraction or half the fingers, i.e. five fingers, hence the number five in number combinations, where one might expect to see macuilli: e.g. chicuey, five plus three, eight (see Siméon)

1. s.t. crooked. 2. in a crooked fashion.
tʃikokɑki

to understand something backwards

tʃikokkɑːn
Orthographic Variants: 
chicoccān

in seven parts (see Karttunen)

a quarter or a part of an animal

tʃikotʃiːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
chicochīhua

to despise something, someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicoqua

half eaten, partially eaten (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicoquaqua

half eaten (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicoquatic

half eaten, partially eaten (see Molina)

tʃikowiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
chicouia

to give something more to one than to another when distributing things; to improve someone, make them better (see Molina)

a digging stick or plow, with a sideways or crooked element? (see also huictli)

tʃikoilwiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
chicoilhuiā

to malign, curse someone (see Karttunen)

tʃikoihtoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
chicoihtoa

to murmur, gossip, or say something bad about someone (see Molina); to slander someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chiculli

a hook; a ladle; a long stick; a stirring or frothing stick for chocolate?

tʃihkoːloɑː
tʃihkoːltik

something crooked; a doodle

crooked tree or stick.