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Letter C/CH: Displaying 3401 - 3420 of 5744

colhuia.

koːlwiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
culhuia

to take someone in circles to a place, or to go around somewhere in order to not pass by someone (see Molina)

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Colicatl.

a personal name; also, seemingly someone associated with farming (see attestations)

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colihui.

koːliwi
Orthographic Variants: 
coliui

to bend, curve, turn

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coliuhqui.

koːliwki

a twisted thing, or something lying down

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coliuhtoc.

koːliwtok
Orthographic Variants: 
cōliuhtoc

something curved (see Karttunen)

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colli.

koːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
culli

grandfather, ancestor(s), forebear(s) (see Karttunen, Lockhart, and attestations; see also colli, meaning a bent or twisted thing; perhaps grandparents were thought of as bent over or they carried a cane with a bent handle? (see glyphs for the name Cocol in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs).

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colli.

something bent, twisted ("col" seems to be a root for many terms with this meaning, although colli usually translates as grandfather, grandparents, forebears, or ancestors)

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coloa.

koːloɑː

to bend, twist (see Molina and Karttunen)

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colochahui.

koːloːtʃɑwi
Orthographic Variants: 
colochaui

for clothing to get wrinkled (see Molina); for the bird to get curly (see Sahagún)

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colochtia.

to make someone who is walking go around (see Molina)

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cololoa.

to make into a ball
Digital Florentine Codex, Book 11, f. 98v., https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/11/folio/98v

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colotic.

kolohtik

a brave person

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colotl.

koːloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
culotl, collotl

scorpion(s) (see Molina)

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colotla.

koːloːtɬɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
cōlōtlah

a place teeming with scorpions (see Karttunen)

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colotli.

kolohtɬi

a frame, structure, or platform; or, a conical hat worn by a delinquent (see Molina)

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colotzin.

koːloːtsin
Orthographic Variants: 
cōlōtzin

a vinegaroon (British spelling: vinegarroon), a whip scorpion (see Karttunen)

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colotzitzicaztli.

koːloːtsiːtsikɑːstɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cōlōtzītzicāztli

a type of nettle (see Karttunen)

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coltia.

koːltiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
cōltiā

to offer intoxicating drink to someone (see Karttunen)

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coltic.

koltik
Orthographic Variants: 
cultic

curved, twisted, or bent (see Molina)

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coltotl.

an herb that was made into a poultice that included a mixture of axixtlacotl and chichicxihuitl and was applied to the belly to reduce pain from gas or coldness; it could also be made into a liquid that, when drunk in a half-ounce serving, relieved the chest and refreshed the mouth, stimulating the appetite and provoking urine in those with smallpox

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), 148.

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