C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 701 - 720 of 5729
root of CANAHYA. someplace.
kɑnɑːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
canaua

to smooth out and thin out planks or wide rocks, or clay when it is being prepared (see Molina)

to shave planks of wood and reduce their thickness.
A. nic. Una persona cepilla una Madera. “Jorge adelgaza una Madera para crear una batea”. Nitla. Una persona hecha tortillas nadamas con la mano. “Mi mamá muele mucho porque tiene muchos hijos”
Orthographic Variants: 
canauac caxitl

a bowl (see Molina)

s.t. shaved thin.
kɑnɑːwɑk

something narrow

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), 213.

Orthographic Variants: 
canauac, canaoac

something thin, such as a delicate fabric (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
canauacantli, canaoacantli

the temple(s), a part of the head (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
canauacantzuntli, canahuacantzuntli

forelocks; locks of hair over the temples (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
canauacayotl

a thinness, such as is found in a delicate cloth (see Molina)

kɑnɑːwi
Orthographic Variants: 
canāhui

for clothes to wear out (see Karttunen)

for s.o. to begin to thin, wearing away due to use.
A. empieza a agujerarse la ropa, zapato y madera y se va perdiendo lo hancho. “Ya no uses tu zapato porque se adelgaza”
place, someplace.
kɑnɑhpɑ

somewhere, some place

duckling (see Molina)

a small duck (see Molina)

kɑnɑwkilitɬ

purslane; a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb

Dicionary.com, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/purslane (see Molina)

a duck egg (see Molina)

kɑnɑwtɬi

duck, referring to the general type of duck (bird) and more specific types (see Hunn, attestations)