C / CH

Letter C/CH: Displaying 1281 - 1300 of 5731
semilwitɬ

one day, often taken to mean "all day"

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), 87.

all day.
Orthographic Variants: 
cemiluitlapoalli, cemjlvitlapoalli

a day sign (see Sahagún)

the day signs (of the calendar) (see Sahagún)

to hide from someone all their property (see Molina)

twenty pieces of cloth, mats, pieces of paper, tortillas, etc. (flat and thin things)

semihtɑlwiɑ

to propose all together, to propose firmly or forcefully (see Molina)

One-courtyard-owners (each owner has one courtyard); in the Treatise, a ritual name for the hands

(Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629, eds. and transl. J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 221.

semitwɑltin

a family

the children of a woman or of a womb, even when born individually (see Molina)

semihtoɑ

to strongly propose something; for many to be of the same perspective; to agree, to be of the same opinion

semitki

to govern every one

semittɑ

to stare at someone, pay close attention to something

semiːʃkɑːwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cemixcauia

to be busy and to focus on just one thing

semiːʃkolli

a spoonful of something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
Cemīxehqueh

One-face-owners; and each owner has one face; in the Treatise, a ritual name for human fingers

(Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629, eds. and transl. J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 221.

a level field of equal and flat things

something flat and even, such as a board or the ground

semiːʃnɑːwɑtiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cemixnauatia

to strongly propose something (see Molina)

semiːʃnɑːwɑtihtiw
Orthographic Variants: 
cemixnauatitiuh

to say goodbye in order to go away and never come back