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Letter C/CH: Displaying 4281 - 4300 of 5795

cuālōhua.

1. for a fruit or vegetable to spoil because it has been picked at by animals. 2. for the moon to wane. 3. for a tooth to have a cavity.
A. Se pudre comida cosida o seca (maíz, fríjol y chile…) porque agujereo el pájaro o un animal silvestre chiquito. “Mi maíz esta muy podrido porque no lo cure.” B. Podrido.
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cualolochoca.

for a person to slip around while on wet wood.
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cualometztli.

kwɑlomeːtstɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cualomētztli, qualometztli, qualo metztli, cualo metztli, cuallometztli, quallometztli

a lunar eclipse (see Karttunen); see also, metztli qualo (Molina)

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cualoni.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualoni

something edible, food
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), 231.

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cualquetza.

kwɑlketsɑ

to praise, esteem, recommend someone (see Karttunen)

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cualquīza.

for s.t. built or prepared to come out good.
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cualti.

kwɑlti

to become good (see Karttunen)

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cuāltiā.

to have a person or animal try some kind of food.
A. nic. una persona hace que coma una cosa a un hijo de otro o un animal doméstico. “Yo le di de comer albehorez a la hija de Edith”.
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cualtia.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtia

to become good

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), 231.

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cualtihuani, yectihuani.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtiuani, yectiuani, qualtihuani, yectihuani

virtues and acts of goodness (see Molina)

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cualtilia.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtilia

to restore or adorn something damaged (see Molina)

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cuāltiliā.

to have a person’s relative try some kind of food.
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cualtiliā.

to cure s.o. of an illness.
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cualtilia.

kwɑltiliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
cualtiliā

to restore, repair something damaged (see Karttunen)

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cualtiliz ameyalli.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtiliz ameyalli

the source of goodness (see Molina); fountain of goodness

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cualtiliztlaaquillo.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtiliztlaaquillo
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cualtiliztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtiliztli

goodness

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cualtin.

Orthographic Variants: 
qualtin

good and holy ones (see Molina)

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cualtitoc.

See CUALTIYA.
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cualtiya.

1. to begin to recover from an illness. 2. for something to be repaired. 3. word used to show approval: ok, all right.
A. 1. Persona, animal silvestre o animal domestico ya va curándose de su enfermedad. “Tengo fiebre y todavía no me alivio.” 2. cosa que ya estaba descompuesta y lo arreglan. “jorge arregla la silla para que sirva.” B. Curar o que silva.
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