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Letter C/CH: Displaying 461 - 480 of 5795

calnepanolli.

kɑlnepɑnoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
calnepanōlli, calnepanoli

a house of two stories (see Lockhart); or, the upper floor on a house (?) (see Molina)

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calnonotza.

kɑlnoːnoːtsɑ

to come to an agreement during a dispute or lawsuit (see Molina)

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calocuilin.

kɑlokwilin

cocoon of the silkworm (see Molina)

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calohuicantli.

kɑlowihkɑːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
calouicantli

thing with many turns and returns

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calolo.

armadillo.
# Un animal silvestre; tiene su caparazón y se protege con ella cuando se asusta; de color café; su trompa es larga y tiene su cola; está abajo de la tierra y una persona si come su carne. “Mi cuñada cuando estaba en su casa, comía la carne de armadillo porque su papá siempre cazaba cuando iba en el monte”.
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calotli.

kɑlohtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
callotli, callohtli

the road or path that leads to some house; i.e., a street (see Molina)

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calpampilli.

a noble person (see Molina)

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calpampillotl.

nobility (see Molina)

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calpan.

in, at, or around the house(s), a locative

Rebecca Horn's notecards from Nahuatl study sessions with James Lockhart, ca. the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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calpanhuia.

kɑlpɑnwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
calpanuia

to go from house to house, distributing or collecting tributes (see Molina)

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calpani.

on top of a house or building.
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calpanoa.

kɑlpɑnoɑː

to go from house to house (see Molina)

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calpanōltiā.

1. to go from house to house selling s.t. 2. to go from house to house with an image of the Virgin.
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calpanpilli.

kɑlpɑnpilli
Orthographic Variants: 
calpampilli, calpan pilli

a child of the nobility (see Molina); perhaps also a bastard child (see Sahagún)

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calpatla.

kɑlpɑtɬɑ

to move (see Karttunen)

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calpixcacalli.

the house of the steward, guard, or majordomo (see calpixqui and calli)

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calpixcalli.

also called the texancalli, this was the house of the majordomos and stewards (see Sahagún)

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calpixcayotl.

kɑlpiʃkɑːjoːtɬ

the office of the calpixqui (steward, tax collector) (see Molina)

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calpixqui.

kɑlpiʃki
Orthographic Variants: 
calpixquin

steward, guard, majordomo, tax collector (see attestations)

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calpohua.

to count houses; to take a census

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