C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 5281 - 5300 of 5792

to crumble, chop up, tear up into little pieces, or grind something very well (see Molina)

to repeatedly grind corn dough or chile on the grinding stone.
for s.t. to be well ground.

1) a long spiraling shell (see Molina); we know from an example of a necklace made of seven of these shells that is is not a large as a conch, which was used for trumpeting;
2) residue (see Karttunen)

kweːtʃtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuēchtli

residue (see Karttunen)

kwehsiwi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuehcihui

to hurry (see Karttunen)

to get fed up or bored.
A. ni. una persona está solo y no hace nada. “Eduardo se aburre porque nadamás está”. B. aburrirse
to get fed up with s.t. or s.o.
A. nic. Una persona le mulesta mucho a alguien, y poreso ya no quiere ver. “ Leo lo aburre su suegro porque siempre le pregunta que va a hacer en su tarbajo”. B. Aburrirse de alguin.
for s.o. to make s.o. else get bored or fed up.
# una persona molesta mucho a otro con algo. “Leo me molesta mucho porque esta borracho y nomas habla mucho”.
kwehsiwki
Orthographic Variants: 
cuehciuhqui

someone intelligent, nimble, lightweight, mischievous (see Karttunen)

kweːktɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuēctli

fox (see Karttunen)

kwekwetʃ

mischievous, shameless, insolent (see Molina)

1. to make a big fuss with lots of noise. 2. for a domesticated animal to make a big fuss with lots of noise.
# una persona, animal silvestre y animal domestico lora mucho o grita fuerte. “mi hermano menor grita mucho cuando no le da comer mi mamá”.

to tremble

Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 149.

Orthographic Variants: 
cuecuechcaua

to leave something out of fear (see Molina)

1. to make a big fuss with lots of noise. 2. for a domesticated animal to make a big fuss with lots of noise.

to be fatigued and afflicted in one's spirit (see Molina)

a fatigue and feeling of being afflicted in one's spirit (see Molina)

kwekweːtʃoɑ

to grind something a lot or to make someone shake and tremble (see Molina)

to re-grind corn dough on a grinding stone after all, making small balls that will become tortillas.