C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter C/CH: Displaying 4461 - 4480 of 5796

cuapolōltiā.

to take s.o. or an animal someplace with the intention of losing them.

# una persona lleva a alguien o un animal domestico en algún lugar porque no quiere que regrese a su casa. “mi papá lo perdió su perro porque lo correteaba demasiado a los visitantes”.

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cuapopol.

Orthographic Variants:

quapupul, cuapupul

reckless, wild; or, tousled and disheveled (see Molina)

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cuapopoloa.

Orthographic Variants:

quapopoloa

to tangle or mess up someone's hair (see Molina)

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cuāpopolotza.

to annoy s.o. with constant talking.

A. una persona melesta otra con su platica. “Molesto a mi papa porque quiero ir a Mexico y no me deja” B. molestar e insistir.

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cuapoquietl.

Orthographic Variants:

quappoquietl, cuappoquietl

a bush used in a mixture for treating podagra (a foot ailment); the name includes the elements wood or head, smoke, and tobacco
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 [35v.].

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cuapoyōlin.

type of large red or brown ant.

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cuappachhuitzilin.

Orthographic Variants:

quappachvitzilin, quappachuitzilin

Cinnamon Hummingbird (see Hunn, attestations)

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cuappachtia.

Orthographic Variants:

quappachtia

to end up lion colored (see Molina)

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cuappachtic.

Orthographic Variants:

quappachtic, cuapachtic

a dark golden color, or a dark blonde; similar to the color of a lion (see attestations)

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cuappachtli.

Orthographic Variants:

quappachtli

a color similar to that of a lion (tawny, light yellow, light brown), or half purple (see Molina)

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cuappachtototl.

Orthographic Variants:

quappachtototl

Squirrel Cuckoo, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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cuappalan.

rotten wood
Sahagún, Bernardino de, Antonio Valeriano, Alonso Vegerano, Martín Jacobita, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Diego de Grado, Bonifacio Maximiliano, Mateo Severino, et al. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (Florentine Codex), Ms. Mediceo Palatino 218–20, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MiBACT, 1577. Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter, Alicia Maria Houtrouw, Kevin Terraciano, Jeanette Peterson, Diana Magaloni, and Lisa Sousa, bk. 11, fol. 120r. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/120r?spTexts=&nhTexts= . Accessed 12 November 2025.

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cuappaltia.

to end up lion-colored (see Molina)

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cuappanahuaztli.

Orthographic Variants:

quappanauaztli, quappanahuaztli, quapanahuaztli

a wooden bridge (see Molina)

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cuappanahuaztontli.

Orthographic Variants:

quappanauaztontli, quappanahuaztontli, cuapanahuaztontli

a small wooden bridge (see Molina)

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cuappantli.

kwɑppɑːntɬi

Orthographic Variants:

quapantli, quappantli, cuapantli

a bridge made of wood or stone; or, the hip (see attestations); a small hip bone; also, a measure for an amount of stone; a unit in which things are piled up for measuring [See: S. L. Cline, Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 236.]; one wonders whether the pile might be hip-high

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cuappantontli.

Orthographic Variants:

quappantontli, quapantontli, cuapantontli

a small bridge (see Molina)

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cuappatoa.

Orthographic Variants:

quappatoa, quapatoa, cuapatoa

to play chess (see Molina)

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cuappatoani.

Orthographic Variants:

quappatoani, quapatoani, cuapatoani

one who plays chess (see Molina)

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cuappatoliztli.

Orthographic Variants:

quappatoliztli, quapatoliztli, cuapatoliztli

the act of playing chess (see Molina); does this word contain patolli? might this term refer to a wooden board game that is not necessarily only chess?

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