C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter C/CH: Displaying 3721 - 3740 of 5744

coyonenemi.

Orthographic Variants:

cuyunenemi

to crawl, or to go about on all fours like a coyote, referring to a child or baby who has begun to move independently (see Molina)

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coyoni.

koyoːni

Orthographic Variants:

cuyuni, coioni

for something to become punctured or pierced, opened (see Molina)

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coyōni.

for s.t. to begin to have a hole due to wear.

A. una cosa, olla se parte en redondo porque le hayo o le pegan con una cosa pesada. “esa olla se agojerio de abajo porque le hayo una piedra lo pusieron fuerte en el suelo.” B. agojero.

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coyonia.

koyoːniɑː

to punch a hole, to pierce, to bore a hole through (see Molina)

to make a hole in s.t.

A. persona, animal silvestre, o animal domestico hace un agujero en la tierra o en algun otra cosa. “Alejandro agujerea un carrizo porque su hermano le piden donde estudia.” B. agujerea.

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coyōniliā.

to make a hole in s.t. that belongs to s.o. else.

#hacer agujero. Nic. Persona, animal salvaje o animal domestico hace un hoyo en algo dueño de otro. “Manuel le agujereo la ropa de ahijado porque no le gusta como se pone.”

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coyonqui.

koyoːnki

Orthographic Variants:

coionqui

hole, cavity, fissure, hollow, bored through

Louise M. Burkhart, Holy Wednesday: A Nahua Drama from Early Colonial Mexico (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996), 208.

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coyopil.

kojoːpil

a small coyote (see Molina)

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coyoquetza.

kojoːketsɑ

to get on all fours; to act like a wild animal

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coyōtic.

an indigenous person who becomes like a city-person.

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coyotl.

koyoːtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

coiutl, cuyotl, cuyoeoatlilmatli, coyotih, goyotih, collote

coyote; also applied to things of a mixed style, mixed heritage (Spanish-indigenous); a color, yellow; also, a person's name

non-indigenous man, a city-man.

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coyotli.

kojohtɬi

Orthographic Variants:

cuyutli

a palm tree; or, a hole; or, a certain bread that was offered to the "devil" (see Molina)

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coyotomatl.

koyoːtomɑtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

coyōtomatl

a plant of the verbena family with bitter roots (Vitex mollis) (see Karttunen)

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coyotontli.

kojoːtoːntɬi

a small coyote (see Molina)

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coyotzin.

koyoːtsin

Orthographic Variants:

coyōtzin

parakeet (see Karttunen)

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Coyotzitzilcatl.

a name attested in Mexico City in the 16th c. (see attestations)

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coyoxihuitl tlaztalehualtic.

Orthographic Variants:

coyoxihuitl tlaztaleualtic

an herb used in a mixture of other ground herbs for curing troubles with the anus

Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 51 [35r.].

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