C / CH

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commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, manager, superintendent, captain, commissioner
(a loanword from Spanish)

commission
(a loanword from Spanish)

the bottom of a jar or vessel, where the dregs accumulate (see Molina)

koːmitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
contli, comatl

ceramic pot or jug; in Nahuatl hieroglyphs, the ceramic jug can provide the phonetic "co" or "con"

clay jug for keeping water.
komiːʃ
Orthographic Variants: 
comīx

small lizard (see Karttunen)

to feel or enjoy something spiritually (see Molina)

a fastidious, angry, or peevish person (see Molina)

as, like
(a loanword from Spanish)

komoːliwi
Orthographic Variants: 
comoliui

for flat land to become furrowed or have gullies (see Molina)

for part of a surface to become indented when struck.
#ondular. Una cosa que queda hondo porque se golpea algún lado. “la cubeta de mi tía quedo ondulada porque se cayo y se pego en la piedra.”
komoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
comōlli

gully or depression (see Karttunen)

komoːloɑ

to make pits or gullies (see Molina)

to dig and create a concave place.
#profundo. Nic. Persona hace profundo algo o en alguna cosa. “Eduardo hace profundo el pozo del arroyo porque otros ya habían escarbado nada mas encima.”

hollowed

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 -- The People, No. 14, Part 11, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1961), 107.

concave place created by digging or the passage of water.
community members who take part in a collective task.
komonɑltiɑ

to ignite and fan a fire (see Molina)

komoːni

to crackle, for a fire to catch and produce flames (see Molina); to crash (see Karttunen)

komoːniɑː

for people to riot or become agitated; to make people riot or to agitate them (see Molina)

communal cornfield.
komoːnki

a fire that is burning, a fire that has flames (see Molina)

for the members of a community to work together.
A. Todas las personas hacen algo juntos. “Personas de Tepecxitlan cada ocho días trabajan juntos en un arroyo”. B. Trabajan juntos.