C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

a xolotl head adornment, worn on the back; looks like a dog with a long neck and no ears
Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, who cites Sahagún, second example is from Tezozomoc (1598), https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/cuaxolotl/47443 and https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/cuaxolotl/174877. Translation here to English by Stephanie Wood.

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cuaxonehuatl.

Orthographic Variants:

quaxoneuatl, quaxonehuatl

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cuaxoxalli.

Orthographic Variants:

quaxoxalli

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cuaxoxolacqui.

Orthographic Variants:

quaxoxolacqui

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cuaxoxomolacqui.

Orthographic Variants:

quaxuxumulacqui, quaxoxomulacqui, quaxoxomolacqui

to be bald, or to have a receding hairline that goes to the top of one's head (see Molina)

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cuaxoxomoltic.

Orthographic Variants:

quaxuxumultic, cuaxuxumultic, quaxoxomultic, quaxoxomoltic

to be bald or to have a receding hairline up to the top of the head (see Molina)

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cuayacapitztic.

kwɑːyɑkɑpitstik

Orthographic Variants:

cuāyacapitztic

something pointed (see Karttunen)

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cuayahualli.

Orthographic Variants:

quayaualli, quayahualli

a pad that goes on one's head, under something else that will be worn or carried on the head (see Molina)

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cuayantah.

a wooden wheel, for a cart or a toy.

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cuayecachoa.

kwɑːyekɑtʃoɑː

Orthographic Variants:

cuāyecachoā

to nod one’s head (see Karttunen)

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cuāyehyēcoā.

1. to think about how to do s.t. 2. to try to hit s.o. on the head.

A. 1.nic. una persona se dice en su cabeza como quedará bien una cosa. “Santiago fue a vender maiz y primero pensó cuanto dinero sacará con eso”. 2. una persona quiere pegar a alguien en la cabeza. “Mi hija Jacqui cuando va a la escuela, siempre la imita un niño”. B. pensar. imitar.

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cuayetic.

kwɑːyetik

Orthographic Variants:

cuāyetic

someone with his head hanging, drooping, a tree drooping with heavy fruit, or a wilted plant (see Karttunen)

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cuayo.

Orthographic Variants:

cuayotl, quayo, quayotl

forest or woods

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Meyacapan 2002, "monte, bosque," https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/cuayo/25104; translation here to English by SW

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cuayō.

branch of a tree or a plant.

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cuayōchōca.

for a dog or coyote to howl.

# el perro y el coyote lloran quedito cuando los castigan y cuando se muere alguien. “el perro de Santos llora fuerte cuando lo amarran”.

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