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a loud single-reed musical instrument
Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 248.

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chitatli.

tʃiːtɑhtɬi

a net bag for carrying food on the road (see Molina); a net, sling, hammock, or hanging cradle (see Karttunen)

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chitecolhuia.

tʃitekolwiɑ

to bend or break a staff (or similar thing) belonging to someone else

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chitecoloa.

tʃitekoloɑ

to make hoops or rings, or something similar

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chitecuini.

to go along setting fires, or cause an outbreak of fire

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chitencoloa.

tʃitenkoloɑ

to walk along limping, to limp

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chitencololoa.

tʃitenkololoɑ

to walk with a limp

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chito.

goat, goat stew, meat, dried meat (modern definitions)

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chitoliuhqui.

a twisted thing, or something lying down

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chiton.

appelative of endearment for a child.

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chitoni.

tʃitoːni

for wood to splinter or chip off; for beads to drop when one is making a strand; or, for the fire to flare and sparkle (see Molina and Karttunen)

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chitonia.

to make wood splinter or chip off; or, to cause beads to drop when one is making a strand; or, to make the fire sparkle or twinkle (see Molina)

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chitontiquiza.

to jump up to do something; or, to jump up and run away

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chitontiquizaliztli.

the act of getting up in a hurry to go do something or to run away

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