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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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coyoxochitl.

kojoːʃoːtʃitɬ

a squill (see Molina)

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coyoyehuaicpalli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cuyoyeoaicpali, coyoyeoaicpali, coyoeuaicpalli

coyote skin seat

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 210.

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cozahui.

to become yellow, to turn yellow

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cozahuiya.

kosɑwiyɑ, koːsɑwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cozauia, cozahuia, coçauia

to season and dry bread or tortillas (see Molina), to turn yellow, to end up yellow (see Karttunen and attestations)

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cozahuiztoc.

Orthographic Variants: 
cozauiztoc

for bread or tortillas to be dry and no longer any good (see Molina)

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cozamalotl.

koːsɑmɑːloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
coçamalutl, aiauhcoçamalotl, yuauhcoçamalotl, ayauh cozamalotl, ayauhcozamalotl

a rainbow (see Molina and Karttunen)

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cozan.

Orthographic Variants: 
cozamalotl

rainbow (in apocapated form, from cozamalotl)
John Bierhorst, A Nahuatl-English Concordance to the Cantares Mexicanos (1985), 94.

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cozantli.

kosɑːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cozāntli

lynx (see Karttunen); the Spanish "onza" can also translate "snow leopard"

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cozatli.

koːsɑhtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
coçatli, coçamatl, coçama, cozama

weasel

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Cozauh.

Orthographic Variants: 
Coçauh

a person's name (attested as male)

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cozauhqui.

koːsɑwki
Orthographic Variants: 
cuzauhqui

something yellow or blonde (see Molina); the color yellow; or, fine gold (see Molina's other entry)

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cozcachapol.

koːskɑtʃɑpol
Orthographic Variants: 
cōzcachapol

a type of locust, grasshopper (see Karttunen)

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cozcacuauhtli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cuzcaquauhtli, cozcaquauhtli

possibly the King Vulture; or the Crested Caracara (see Hunn, attestations); a red-headed eagle (see Molina); a vulture; also, a calendrical marker

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cozcamecatl.

koːskɑmekɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuzcamecatl

a string of beads used for counting, or something similar (see Molina)

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Cozcamichiuhtecatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
Cvzcamichyvhuhtecatl

a person's name (attested as male)

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Cozcateca.

a kingdom of Tula (Tollan) that pertained to the Toltecs; an ethnic group; an enemy of the Mexica (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Literaturas de Anahuac y del Incario / Literatures of Anahuac and the Inca, ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editories, 2006), 192.

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