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Letter C/CH: Displaying 5241 - 5260 of 5796
Orthographic Variants: 
quazaloa yn nopilhuan, quazaloa in nopilhuan.

for a woman to give birth often (see Molina); the example is given in the first person singular, referencing "my children"

ditch where water flows.
to carry firewood on one’s back or on a horse to s.o.’s house.
# una persona hombre trae leña a casa de otro. “le acarreo leña a mi papá porque se lastimó la espalda”.
to have s.o. carry firewood on their back or on a horse to some place.
# una persona manda a otro que lleve leña en su espalda o con su caballo en algún lugar. “siempre cuando le ayudo Jorge a acarrear leña, no me descansa temprano y me hace acarrear leña todo el día”.
persona with dandruff.
to string things on a cord.
for a snake to inflate it’s head.
# un tipo de gusano que soplo un poco en su cabeza por que esta enojado. “Flor se paro en una víbora y lo hizo enojar luego, luego se espongo”.
Orthographic Variants: 
quazoneua, quazonehua

to be annoyed, or for one's hair to stand on end owing to very cold weather (see Molina)

persona with dirty hair.
Orthographic Variants: 
quaztale
Orthographic Variants: 
quaztaliui, quaztalihui
Orthographic Variants: 
quaztalli
Orthographic Variants: 
quaztaya
Orthographic Variants: 
cochara

spoon
(a loanword from Spanish)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuchillo

knife (see attestation; see also cuchillo)

Orthographic Variants: 
cochillo tentli

the cutting edge of a knife (see Molina; partly a loanword from Spanish, cuchillo, knife)

Orthographic Variants: 
cochilo

knife (see Molina; and see our IDIEZ entry, cochiyoh)

kwe

mild exclamation (see Karttunen)