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Cihuacoatl.

siwɑːkoːɑːtɬ

a deity, literally "female serpent," an earth goddess; also referred to the second highest political office in the Tenochcan Mexica political structure, after the tlahtoani
Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-170 (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), 222; and Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan, et al. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 105.

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cihuacocolli.

siwɑːkokoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuacocolli

menstruation; a woman's custom; or, a woman's blouse (see Molina)

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Cihuacocoxqui.

Orthographic Variants: 
Çivacvcvxqui, Çivacocosqui, Çivacocoxqui

a person's name (gender not made clear)

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cihuaconetl.

siwɑːkoneːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cihuāconētl

female child (see Karttunen)

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cihuacuacuilli.

siwɑːkwɑːkwiːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
çyuaquacuili iztac çiuatl

a priestess of Iztac Cihuatl (White Woman) in Atenchicalcan

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 88.

female priest, older and of higher status

Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700,( Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), 223.

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Cihuacuitlapil.

Orthographic Variants: 
Zivacuitlapil

a person's name

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cihuahua.

Orthographic Variants: 
ciuaua

married man

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), 215.

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cihuahuanyolcatl.

siwɑːwɑːnjoːlkɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuauanyolcatl, ciuahuayolcatl, cihuauanyolcatl

relative through marriage (see Molina)

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cihuahuanyolcayotl.

Orthographic Variants: 
ciuauanyolcayotl

kinship through marriage (see Molina)

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cihuahuatia.

siwɑːwɑhtiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuauatia

to get married (speaking of a man) (see Molina)

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cihuahuia.

siwɑːwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuauia
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cihuaicniuhtli.

siwɑːikniːwtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cihuāicnīuhtli

female cousin (see Karttunen)

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cihuaitzcuintli.

siwɑːitskwiːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cihuāitzcuīntli

bitch, female dog (see Karttunen)

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cihuametl.

maguey stalk(s) (see attestations); literally, female-maguey parts

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cihuamiqui.

siwɑːmiki
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamiqui

for a man to become a widower

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cihuamiztli.

siwɑːmistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamiztli

the lioness

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cihuamon.

daughter-in-law

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), 215.

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cihuamoncahua.

siwɑːmoːnkɑːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamoncaua

to accompany one's girlfriend, fiancé, or bride (see Molina)

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cihuamontia.

siwɑːmoːntiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamontia

to take a daughter-in-law, seeing one's son married (see Molina)

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cihuamontli.

siwɑːmoːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
ciuamontli

daughter-in-law, the spouse of one's son (see Molina and Karttunen)

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