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Letter C/CH: Displaying 941 - 960 of 5795

caxpechtli.

a plate, a dish

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caxpechtontli.

a small plate, dish

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caxpialoyan.

a shelf for storing dishes

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caxpiaztli.

a pottery funnel, for transferring liquids from one vessel to another

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caxpochehua.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxpucheua, caxpuchehua

to put a black finish on pottery before firing it (see Molina)

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caxtepiton.

kɑʃtepitoːn

a small container for sauces

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caxtil.

kɑʃtil
Orthographic Variants: 
castil

a Castilian cock or hen (i.e. a chicken, as opposed to a turkey, which was native to this hemisphere) (see Molina)

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Caxtilcopa.

in Spanish, or more literally, in Castilian
(a loanword from Spanish, Nahuatlized)

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Caxtillan tlaca.

Orthographic Variants: 
castillan tlaca, caxtillantlaca, caxtilantlaca, castillantlaca

people from Castile (Castilla), i.e. Spaniards
(includes a loanword from Spanish, Nahuatlized)

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Caxtillan tlaolli.

"Castillian maize," i.e. wheat (see attestations, where this is contrasted with "nican tlaolli," the local grain, i.e. maize/corn)

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Caxtillan.

Orthographic Variants: 
Caxtīllān, Castilan, Castillan, gastilan, Castila

Castile (Castilla, Nahuatlized and with a locative -tlan suffix added); Castile was a kingdom of what became Spain; Caxtillan or Castillan could also refer more generically to Spain

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Caxtillantlatolli.

Orthographic Variants: 
Caxtillantlahtolli

the Spanish language (attested in modern Nahuatl)

Victoriano de la Cruz Cruz, Facebook posting, June 5, 2014, Nahuatlahtolli page.

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Caxtilteca.

Spaniards, literally Castillians (see attestations)

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Caxtiltecatl.

kɑʃtilteːkɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cashtiltecal, caxtiltecantli

a Spaniard (from the Spanish word, Castilla, plus the Nahuatl suffix for "person of")

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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caxtlahuitl.

kɑʃtɬɑːwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
caxtlauitl

red oxidized iron, useful for painting or coloring something, but not very fine (see Molina)

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caxtli.

kɑʃtɬi

cup, vessel (see Karttunen)

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caxtolcan oceccã.

in sixteen parts, or in each sixteen

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caxtolcan oceccan.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxtulcan oceccan

in sixteen parts, or in each sixteen

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caxtolcan omexcan.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxtulcan omexcan

in eighteen parts, or in each eighteen

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caxtolcan omoccan.

Orthographic Variants: 
caxtulcan omoccan

in seventeen parts, or each seventeen

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