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cennequetzalli.

senneketsɑlli

the stature of a person (see Molina); the height of a man in an erect position; following Birgitta Leander, this would be about 1.6 meters

Cited in Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, see p. 221.

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from the word for standing erect; a unit of measure said to contain two and a half varas, seven and a half Spanish feet; it was probably based on a standing person raising his/her hand over his/her head

James Lockhart, The Nahuas after the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992), 145.

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cennetlaloliztli.

sennetɬɑloːlistɬi

a course, a route, a race; or, a league (see Molina)

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cennetlalolli.

sennetɬɑloːlli

a race; or, one league

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cennetlaloloyan.

sennetɬɑloːloːjɑn

Orthographic Variants:

cennetlaloloyã

a foot race; or, a place where people run (see Molina)

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cennicuica.

to take a whole thing, or to take it for good, never planning to return it (see Molina)

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cennohnohuiyan.

sennohnoːwiyɑːn

Orthographic Variants:

cennohnōhuiyān, cennohuian

everywhere (see Karttunen)

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cenotzqui.

senotski

Merlin, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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cenpiyelli.

to have something entirely

Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

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cēnquetza.

to constantly smell a certain way.

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cenquetza.

senketsɑ

to persevere, continuing that which was started; or, to take something in exchange for something else

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cēnquetztoc.

See CĒNQUETZA.

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cenquimilli.

senkimilli

Orthographic Variants:

cenquimili

twenty; a load of cloths

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cenquixtia.

senkiːʃtiɑ

to collect something scattered. (nic.)
to choose the best

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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cenquiza.

senkiːsɑ

Orthographic Variants:

cenquiça

to join together or assemble somewhere

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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