C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 5541 - 5560 of 5744
kwililtiɑ

to increase in value greatly (see Molina)

kwillotik

a very thin or skinny man (see Molina)

kwiloɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuilloa

to write or paint; to record, as in a census

Orthographic Variants: 
Cuilloll

a design, a decoration; also, a personal name (attested as male)

Orthographic Variants: 
icuilolli

a piece of writing, a painting, or something with a design (see attestations); the initial "i" on this word drops away before tla-, as in tlacuilolli, which has probably contributed to the evolution of the word cuilolli

kwiloni
Orthographic Variants: 
cuilonj, cuilloni

a homosexual male
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Prímeros Memoríales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 253.

kwilontiɑ

to commit a heinous crime (see Molina); seems to refer to homosexuality

kwilonjoːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuillonyotl

a heinous crime or sin, committed by one man with another man (see Molina); i.e. homosexuality

kwiloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cuilōtl

stick (see Karttunen)

place with many cuilotl trees.
place where there are many cuilocuahuitl trees.

sodomy (see attestations)

1. to blame s.o. 2. to acknowledge one’s fault.
# nimo. Una persona reconoce su error cuando lo acusan. “Aquel niño si reconoce que él fue quien robó
kwiltoːnoɑː

to be wealthy; to be happy; or, to give happiness

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.

a person's name (gender not made clear)

kwinɑtsɑ

to cause something to creak, resound (see Karttunen)

1. small, smooth-skinned, chubby pig. 2. small type of banana.
Orthographic Variants: 
quioquauitl, quioquahuitl