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cui.

kwi

to take, get, fetch, grasp; to take something; to take someone (see Lockhart and Karttunen)

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cui.

1. to take or grab s.t. 2. to grab a fistful of seeds or grains. 3. for something that one puts on or inserts somewhere to fit.
A. 1. nic. una persona agarra una cosa.”cuando agarro un poco de mi medicina se tira porque no lo agarro bien”. 2. nic. una persona lo agarra bien con su mano una cosa semilla. “mi hijo cuando le digo que agarre frijol en la bolsa, agarra mucho”. 3. nech. cabe una cosa lo que se pone una persona y lo deja bien. B. 1. agarrar. 2. agarrar bien. 3. cabe algo.
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cuica amatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
cuicaamatl

a song book, or a singer (see Molina)

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cuica ana.

to harmonize the voices of those who sing (usually done by the maestro of the chapel)

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cuica.

kwiːkɑ

to sing

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 216.

to repeat, swear, state (see attestations)

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cuicacalli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cuicacali

house of songs, where there were rulers of the youths, overseeing dancing (see Sahagún)

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cuicachalania.

to sing off key or out of synch

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cuicaitlacoa.

to sing off key, to sing out of tune

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cuicaitlacoliztli.

the act of singing a song out of tune or off key

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cuicaito.

the singer who begins or raises the song (see Molina)

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cuicaitoa.

kwiːkɑihtoɑ

to begin or raise a song (see Molina); to give the pitch for the song (see Sahagún)

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cuicaitoliztli.

the beginning or raising of a song

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cuicamaca.

to bring singers in tune, to give them the pitch

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cuicamana.

to give concerts, to sing songs (intransitive verb)

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing A. Wimmer (2004), faire des concerts, entoner des chants, translated here to English by Stephanie Wood; https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/cuicamana/47906

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cuicanamictia.

to bring singers in tune, to give them the pitch

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cuicani.

kwiːkɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
cuycani

a singer (plural: cuicanime)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 216.

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cuicanitototl.

any bird that sings a lot (see Molina), a song bird

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cuicapicqui.

kwiːkɑpikki

a composer of songs (see Molina)

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cuicapiqui.

kwiːkɑpiki

to compose a work of music

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cuicatia.

kwiːkɑtiɑː

to give music to others; to perform music (see Karttunen); to sing for others (see attestations)

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