C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 5041 - 5060 of 5786
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtoctli
kwɑwtoːktɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōctli

stake, forked stick set in the ground (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtultecayo, quauhtoltecayo

something carved, or a piece of art carved in wood (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtomatl
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtontli
kwɑwtoːpiːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōpīlli

cross decorated with flowers (see Karttunen)

kwɑwtoːkiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōquiā

to stake something out (see Karttunen)

kwɑwtoːtol
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtōtol

crested guan, a bird somewhat pheasant-like in appearance (Penelope purpurascens) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtotoli, quauhtotolin, quauhtotoli

Wild Turkey, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtotomatl
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

kwɑwtosɑn

a type of pocket gopher (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtultecati
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtultecatl

a door to a house; it is also called huapaltzaccayotl
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. 119v. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/119v?spTexts=&nhTexts= . Accessed 12 November 2025.

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtzaqua, quauhtzacua

to incarcerate someone (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtzaqua, quauhtzacua

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

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtzalan
kwɑwtsɑːlɑntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtzālantli

road or path among trees (see Karttunen)

kwɑwtsɑpotɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtzapotl

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