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Letter C/CH: Displaying 1401 - 1420 of 5731

cempohualpa.

sempoːwɑlpɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpa

twenty times

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cempohualpantli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalpantli

twenty rows, twenty threads, etc.

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cempohualquimilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempohual quimilli, cempoal quimilli

400; twenty bundles with 20 items such as cloths inside; one quimilli referred to a bundle of 20 items, so 20 of these meant 400 total, hence Molina's reference to 400 cloths; this is the vigesimal system par excellence, with probably twenty men carrying bundles of 20 mantas each, to be provided in tributes; while textiles were the usual referent, the quimilli could contain other things

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Cempohualteca.

Orthographic Variants: 
Cempoualteca

a kingdom of Tula (Tollan) that pertained to the Toltecs

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Literaturas de Anahuac y del Incario / Literatures of Anahuac and the Inca, ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Mexico City: Siglo Veintiuno Editories, 2006), 192.

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cempohualtianquiztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoal tianquiztli, cempohual tianquiztli

festivals or markets that take place every twenty days (see Molina)

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cempohualxihuitl.

sempoːwɑlʃiwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cempoalxiuitl

twenty years

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cempohualxochitl.

sempoːwɑlʃoːtʃitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cempōhualxōchitl, cempoalxóchitl

marigold (Tagetes erecta) (see Karttunen); also called the "dianthus of the Indies" (see Hernández)

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cempolihui.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoliui

to perish forever

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cempolihuini.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoliuini

that which perishes forever

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cempoliuhqui.

one (or that) which perishes forever

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cempoliuiliztli.

the act of appearing forever

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cempopolhuia.

sempohpolwiɑ

to destroy completely something belonging to someone else; or, to pardon someone else all the offenses he/she committed

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cempopolli.

a quantity of liquid that can be absorbed by a cotton ball the size of a medium chicken egg

(citing Alfredo López Austin, based on Sahagún)
Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, ver la página 204.

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cempopoloa.

sempohpoloɑ

to destroy all that exists (see Molina)

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cempouhtitlaza.

Orthographic Variants: 
cempouhtitlaça

to disparage or insult someone completely

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cen itech ninoquetza.

continue, or pursue something that was started, without stopping(see Molina)

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cen itechninopiloa.

continue, or pursue something that was started, without stopping (see Molina)

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cen ocuilin.

a worm found in maize (see Molina)

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cen ypanocan.

everywhere (see Molina)

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cen-.

Orthographic Variants: 
cem-

one, or the entire thing; this prefix is often added to measurements; with matl the n changes to m (cemmatl); before a p we also see cem- (e.g. cempopolli), just as we do before nouns that begin with a vowel (e.g. cemixcolli, cemacuahuitl)

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