C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

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cuauhtic.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtic

someone tall or something tall (see Molina and Lockhart)

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cuauhtica nemi, cuiltica nemi.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtica nemi, quiltica nemi.

a farm worker or a commoner (see Molina); literally, someone who lives from the woods, from the plants

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cuauhticanemi.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhticanemi

part of a metaphorical expression meant to refer to vassals, commmoners, macehuales: quilticanemi (those who pick quelites), quauhticanemi (those who gather firewood)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 153, nota 5.

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cuauhticapol.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhticapul, quauhticapol

a person of considerable height (see Molina)

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cuauhticayotl.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhticayutl, quauhticayotl

a tall body height or stature (see Molina)

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cuauhticpac nihualtetlaza.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhticpac niualtetlaza, quauhticpac nihualtetlaza

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cuauhticpachuia.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhticpacuia, quauhticpachuia

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cuauhtilac.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtilac

very thick (see Sahagún)

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cuauhtilactic.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtilactic

something that is thick, such as a cane hedge (see Molina)

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cuauhtilia.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtilia

to arouse or alter the penis (see Molina); lit. to make it wooden (?)

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Cuauhtinchan.

Orthographic Variants:

Quauhtinchan

an altepetl in what is now the state of Puebla; the patron saint that was chosen for this altepetl is San Juan Bautista

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cuauhtitimpol.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtitimpul, quauhtitimpol

a person of considerable height (see Molina)

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Cuauhtitlan.

kwɑwtitɬɑn

Orthographic Variants:

Quauhtitlan

an altepetl that produced a set of Nahua annals; it was a place name that meant, literally, "adjacent to woodland" (see Karttunen)

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Cuauhtitlan.

Orthographic Variants:

Cuauhtitla, Quauhtitlan, Cuautitlan

a Nahua altepetl of pre-Columbian central Mexico; also, a person's name (gender not made clear)

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cuauhtizahuatzalli.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtizauatzalli, quauhtizahuatzalli

dry wood, or firewood (see Molina)

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cuauhtla chane.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtla chane

a person who lives in the mountains, a savage (see Molina)

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cuauhtla coyametl.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtla coyametl

peccary woodlands, perhaps? (see Molina)

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cuauhtla nanacatl.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtla nanacatl

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cuauhtla nenqui.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtla nenqui

a savage (see Molina); literally, one who resides in the woods

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cuauhtla xoxocoyolin.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtla xoxocoyolin

a medicine for re-hydrating the mouth

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), 33 [19v.].

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