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cohuilia.

koːwiliɑː

to buy something from someone (nic. regular applicative of cōhua)

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.

1. to buy s.t. from s.o. 2. to buy s.t. for s.o.
A. Una persona cambia algo con dinero para otra persona. “Yo le compre a mi mamá unos aretes nuevos en la plaza”. B. Comprar algo para otro persona.
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cohuīxiahāltiā.

to bathe a sick person with a special medicinal herb.
#Baña de susto. Persona baña a otra con agua y hierva porque enflacan. “Cuando lo había llevado mi hijo en la casa de mi mama, lo bañaron de susto porque lo vieron muy pálido.“
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cohuixiahāltiliā.

to bathe s.o.’s sick relative with a special medicinal herb.
# Baña de susto. Nic. Persona baña con medicina hierbal al hijo de otro cuando en flaca. “cuando bañe al hijo de mi nuera ella misma busco la medicina hierbal.”
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cohuīxihui.

to have an illness characterized by laziness, anxiety, itching and a desire to only eat chicken or beef.
A. Una persona no tiene ganas, no quiere comer y no ya no tiene fuerza para hacer algún trabajo. B. Se siente deprimido.
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cohuixin.

Orthographic Variants: 
couixin

Aztec Rail, a bird (see Hunn, attestations); note that the sound the bird makes may be reflected in its name (audio perception)

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cojín.

Orthographic Variants: 
coxin

a cushion
(a loanword from Spanish)

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cojinillo.

pad (on a horse's back, for riding)
(a loanword from Spanish)

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col.

koːl
Orthographic Variants: 
cōl

something twisted (see Karttunen)

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colāntoh.

coriander.
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colāntohyoh.

field or food that has a lot of coriander.
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colateral.

a side altar piece

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colchon.

mattress
(a loanword from Spanish)

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colecah.

a chicken hen that wants to roost once having laid her eggs.
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colegio.

Orthographic Variants: 
colegios, golesio, collegio

the school, a school
(a loanword from Spanish)

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coleih.

herbicide.
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colelectli.

kolelektɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
coleletli

a certain demon (see Molina)

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colera coztic.

yellow fever (partly a loanword from Spanish, colera, cholera) (20th c., Milpa Alta)
Los cuentos en náhuatl de Doña Luz Jiménez, recop. Fernando Horcasitas y Sarah O. de Ford (México: UNAM, 1979), 36–37.

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colesquiyotl.

a type of cabbage (?)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, coles, cabbages, plus quiyotl, stem or sprout of a plant)

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colestectli.

a small cabbage (partly a loanword from Spanish, coles, cabbages)

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Colhua.

koːlwɑh
Orthographic Variants: 
cōlhuah, Culhua

resident of Culhuacan (see Karttunen)

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