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Letter C/CH: Displaying 5001 - 5020 of 5732

cuauhtotolin.

Orthographic Variants:

cuauhtotoli, quauhtotolin, quauhtotoli

Wild Turkey, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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cuauhtotomatl.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtotomatl

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cuauhtotopoctli.

Orthographic Variants:

cuauhtotopotli, quauhtotopoctli, quauhchochopitli, quauhtatala, cuauhchochopitli, cuauhtatala

Golden-fronted Woodpecker, a bird (see Hunn, attestations); the assumption is that the cuauhtotopotli and the cuauhtotopoctli are the same bird; this may require further research

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cuauhtozan.

kwɑwtosɑn

a type of pocket gopher (see Karttunen)

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cuauhtultecati.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtultecati

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cuauhtultecatl.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtultecatl

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cuauhtzacua.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzaqua, quauhtzacua

to incarcerate someone (see Molina)

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cuauhtzacua.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzaqua, quauhtzacua

to put a wooden exterior on a house; or to put wood on the roof (see Molina)

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cuauhtzalan.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzalan

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cuauhtzalantli.

kwɑwtsɑːlɑntɬi

Orthographic Variants:

cuauhtzālantli

road or path among trees (see Karttunen)

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cuauhtzapotl.

kwɑwtsɑpotɬ

Orthographic Variants:

cuauhtzapotl

annona, a plant that produces a fruit with sweet pulp and black seeds (Annona glabra) (see Karttunen)

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cuauhtzatzapictli.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzatzapictli

wooden bars, grilles, split rails, etc. (see Molina)

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cuauhtzatzapitzo.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzatzapitzo

something that has wooden lattice work, wooden bars, split rails, etc. (see Molina)

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cuauhtzatzapitztli.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzatzapitztli

wooden grille, bars, railing; or, lattice work (see Molina)

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cuauhtzatzayana.

Orthographic Variants:

quauhtzatzayana

to cleave or split wood (see Molina)

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a wooden structure or frame where captives were tied and then shot with arrows as a form of human sacrifice/offerings (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 185.

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