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Letter C/CH: Displaying 861 - 880 of 5795

carta.

Orthographic Variants: 
carda

letter, document; bill (of sale); bill of payment, receipt (see Lockhart)
(a loanword from Spanish)

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cartilla.

a small book used in teaching the important points of religious doctrine
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casa real.

municipal palace
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casa.

house; municipal council building
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casado ica.

married to
(a loanword from Spanish, casado, combined with the Nahuatl ica, through it, etc.)

Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 34.

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casco.

helmet
(a loanword from Spanish)

(ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 164–165.

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Castañeda.

a Spanish surname taken by various indigenous nobles (see attestations)

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castigāroā.

to punish s.o.
A. nic. Una persona hace algo a alguien cuando no oye y no hace bien su trabajo. “Manuel castiga a Victor porque no fue a trabajar”. B. castigar.
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castillo.

a castle; a structure with fireworks attached; a feature on the royal coat of arms
(a loanword from Spanish)

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castilteca.

Spaniards
(a loanword from Spanish, rooted in the place of origin, Castilla)

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castizo.

Orthographic Variants: 
castiço, castiçotzin

a person with (theoretically) one-quarter indigenous heritage, three-quarters Spanish; sometimes translated as a "quadroon;" the female version is castiza
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casulla damasco.

a priest's garment
(a loanword from Spanish)

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casulla.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxolla, caxola, casula

a chasuble(s), religious garment

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casulla.

a chasuble
(a loanword from Spanish)

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catca.

kɑtkɑ

past tense of cah, to be; can also mean "the late," or deceased

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.

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cate.

Orthographic Variants: 
cateh

are; present plural of cah, to be, a variant of cateh
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.

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catedral.

Orthographic Variants: 
catredad, cathedral

cathedral
(a loanword from Spanish)

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catedrático.

Orthographic Variants: 
cathedratico

a member of the cathedral chapter; or, a professor
(a loanword from Spanish)

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catlani.

there below.
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catle.

kɑtɬe

interrogative what, which.

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.

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