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Letter C/CH: Displaying 2501 - 2520 of 5795

chinatli.

tʃiːnɑhtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
chīnahtli

vermin (see Karttunen)

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chincahyāc.

burnt smelling food.
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chincahyāya.

1. for a food to taste or smell burned. 2. to have the smell of ground corn that has been left out a long time.
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chinequiztli.

tʃinekistɬi

a child who cries a lot; a crybaby

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chino.

a person of mixed ethnic heritage; or a Chinese person
(a loanword from Spanish)

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chinoa.

tʃinoɑː

to burn fields

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chipaccaltic.

tʃipɑkkɑltik

something very clean

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chipactic.

tʃipɑktik

something clean, pure (see Karttunen)

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chipahua.

to clean; to become clean, pure, purified (both transitive and intransitive); also a personal name
Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 114.

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chipāhua1.

root of CHIPĀHUAC. to become transparent.
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chipāhua2.

to whiten.
# se hace blanco algo cuando lo dejan en el sol, o cuando le echan cuahnextli o jabón. “quedo bonito de blanco la blusa de Maribel porque estuvo mucho rato en el sol”.
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chipahuac.

tʃipɑːwɑk
Orthographic Variants: 
chipaoac, chipauac

something clean, clear, light, beautiful, pure; of water, fresh; also, white
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.

the color white.
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chipahuacayotl.

tʃipɑːwɑkɑːyoːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
chipāhuacāyōtl, chipauacayotl

purity, cleanliness (see Karttunen)

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chipahualiztli.

tʃipɑːwɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
chipaualiztli

cleanliness, beauty; or, clarity of water

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chipahui.

tʃipɑːwi
Orthographic Variants: 
chipāhui

for something to become clean (see Karttunen)

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chipāhui.

to have become white in color.
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chipāhuiliā.

for the sun or soap to bleach clothing.
# el sol, cuahnextli, una cosa jabón hace que se haga blanco algo. “ese Jabón lo que me trajistes ayer blanquio bonito mi ropa”.
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chipāhuitl.

root of CHIPĀHUA1. transparent thing.
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chipāhuiya.

to become bleached in color.
A. se hace blanco. “Eliza lo hece blanco su blusa porque no lo quitó pronto cuando estaba en el sol”. B. Hacerlo blanco.
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chipalli.

1) yellow
"Historia de la América antecolombiana," p. 1240.
2) cleaning implement; e.g chipalyacatl, hanky for cleaning the nose
"Paliacate, un pañuelo mexicano con historia," 1 Julio 2020.
3) shell (see attestations)

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