C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter C/CH: Displaying 2581 - 2600 of 5778

chiucnauhtecatl.

Orthographic Variants:

chicuhnauhtecatl, chiconauhtecatl

a person's name, meaning nine places

(ca. 1540, Cuernavaca)
Ismael Díaz Cadena, "Libro de tributos del Marquesado del Valle. Texto en español y náhuatl," Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Cuadernos de la Biblioteca, Serie Investigación no. 5, pp. 11, 52.

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Chiuhnauhteca.

a kingdom of Tula (Tollan) that pertained to the Toltecs

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Literaturas de Anahuac y del Incario / Literatures of Anahuac and the Inca, ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editories, 2006), 192.

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chiuhqui.

tʃiːwki

Orthographic Variants:

chīuhqui, -chiuhqui, -tlachiuhqui

someone in authority, someone with power (see Karttunen);

or, someone who makes something, often a suffix on a term for a certain occupation

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chiuhtehua.

to leave something done, finished

(Amecameca, 1746)
Frances Karttunen and James Lockhart, "Textos en náhuatl del siglo XVIII: Un documento de Amecameca, 1746," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 13 (1978), 153–175, ver 160.

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chiuhtlani.

to order someone to do or make something (see Molina)

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chivo.

a small goat (kid); also seen as chivato
(a loanword from Spanish)

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chixcaca.

tʃiʃkɑːkɑh

Orthographic Variants:

chixcācah

to be expecting something good (see Karttunen)

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chixtoc.

to be waiting for something

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chiya.

tʃiyɑ

Orthographic Variants:

chia, chiye

to await, expect, look for

1. to wait for s.o. or s.t. 2. the wait somewhere before doing s.t. else.

A. nic. Una persona, un animal silvestre y somesticado está donde despues lo va a recibir a otro o una cosa que va a llegar o va a bajar. “Teresa lo espera su hermano con comida cuando va a trabajar”. 2. mo. Una persona, un animal silvestre y domesticado que todavía no lo hace su tarbajo. “ Ofelia, esperate porque el maestro está escribirndo muy despacio”. B. 1. esparar a alguien. 2. esperarse.

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