C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 5061 - 5080 of 5744
kwɑwʃɑːyɑkɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxāyacatl

a type of wasp, hornet that builds a large nest (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxeloa
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxicalli, quauhxicalco

a wooden pan or vessel (see Molina); or, a plate (see Sahagún attestations); or, an eagle vessel for containing hearts and blood of sacrificial victims intended to be offerings to the divinities or deities (see Sahagún, attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxivitl, quauhxiuitl, quauhxihuitl

tree foliage (see Molina)

kwɑwʃiwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxihuitl

fronds, branches of trees; a type of palm tree (see Karttunen)

kwɑwʃiːloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxīlōtl

tropical tree and its edible fruit (Parmentiera edulis) (see Karttunen)

kwɑwʃiːmɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxīma, quauhxima, quauxima, cuauxima

to do carpentry, to work wood (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhximaliztli

carpentry

Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 98–99.

kwɑwʃiːmɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhxīmaliztli

carpentry (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhximalli

timber shavings; or, little splinters; or, a carved stick or carved "idol" (see Molina)

See the hieroglyph for Cuauhximalpan in the Codex Mendoza:
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhximalpan-05v

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhximaloyan

a carpenter shop, or a neighborhood of carpenters (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
Quauhximalpan

Cuajimalpa (a place near Coyoacan)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxinachtli
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxincan

the street or neighborhood where the carpenters lived (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxincayotl

the occupation of carpentry (carpenter) (see Molina)

kwɑwʃiːnki
Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxiqui, quauhxinqui, cuauhxiqui

a carpenter (see Molina), someone who saws wood (see Karttunen) or cuts wood and shaves the bark off? (SW); plural: quauhxinque

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxiuh pazolli

a woody briar patch (?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxiuhcotona

to remove leaves from trees or cut branches from them (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxiuhicpalli

a seat made from branches (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhxiuhquimiloa

to cover something with tree branches (see Molina)