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Letter C/CH: Displaying 3041 - 3060 of 5795

coacihuiztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
coaciuiztli
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coaciuhqui.

koɑsiwki

gaseous, gouty, perlatic (see Molina)

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coacuechtli.

Orthographic Variants: 
Cuvacuech

a snake's rattle (see Molina); also, a person's name

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coaehuatl.

koːɑːeːwɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
coaeuatl

snake skin (see Molina)

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coahuitzmecatl.

koːɑːwitsmekɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
coauitzmecatl

a type of berry; possibly a blackberry (see Molina)

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coaiztlactli.

koːɑːistɬɑktɬi

poison from a snake (see Molina)

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coamati.

koːɑːmɑti

to house someone because you are friends (see Molina)

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coamich.

koːɑːmitʃ
Orthographic Variants: 
cōāmich

eel (see Karttunen)

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coamichin.

koːɑːmitʃin

an eel
This is how the keyword associated with an image of what appears to be a long thin fish is defined in the Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 62r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/62r/images/792e0272-d... Accessed 25 October 2025.

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coamitl.

koːɑːmitɬ

a blackberry (see Molina)

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Coanacochtli.

Orthographic Variants: 
Cohuanacochtzin, Coanacochtli, Coanacochtzin

a personal name; the name of a ruler of Tetzcoco in the colonial period (see the Florentine Codex); his full name seems to have been don Pedro de Alvarado Coanacochtzin

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Coanan.

a personal name that appears on the Codex Santa María de Asunción, meaning "Snake Protector"
Marc Zender, "One Hundred and Fifty Years of Nahuatl Decipherment," The PARI Journal 8:4 (Spring 2008), 26.

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coanecuiloa.

to dance the dance of the serpent
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing A. Wimmer 2004, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/coanecuiloa. Translation to English here by Stephanie Wood.

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Coanentzin.

Orthographic Variants: 
cohuanen, coanen, cohuanentzin

a Chalcan princess who died in 1477 C.E., according to Chimalpahin

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coanotza.

koːɑːnoːtsɑ

to invite someone (see Molina)

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coapatli.

Orthographic Variants: 
coapahtli

an herb with medicinal value

(Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)

The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 117.

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coatapayolli.

Orthographic Variants: 
coatatapayolli

a ball of snakes
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 91r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/91r/images/c81133ef-e... Accessed 3 November 2025. See also what may be a coatapayolli next to the cacahuacuahuitl on f. 123r, https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/11/folio/123r/images/892bd916-ab5....

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coateca.

koːɑːtekɑ

for people to sit together at the table (see Molina)

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Coatecatl.

koːɑːteːkɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cōātēcatl

resident of Coatlan (see Karttunen); plural: Coateca

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coatenamitl.

a wall of snakes (one of the features of the houses of the "devil," according to Sahagún)
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan, et al. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 120.

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