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Letter C/CH: Displaying 1501 - 1520 of 5795

cennahuatia.

sennɑːwɑtiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cennauatia

to strongly propose something (see Molina)

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cennahuatitiuh.

Orthographic Variants: 
cennauatitiuh

for someone who is going away forever to say goodbye to people (see Molina)

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cennecehuilli.

Orthographic Variants: 
cenneceuilli

one league (see Molina)

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cennechico.

all assemble

This term appears in the Techialoyan manuscript from Ocoyacac. James Lockhart translation, personal communication

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cennecomonilli.

sennekomonilli

a sip, gulp, or swallow (see Molina)

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cennecxianaliztli.

sennekʃiɑnɑlistɬi

a step or a pace of someone who walks; a stride (see Molina)

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cennecxiantli.

sennekʃiɑntɬi

a step taken by someone walking, or a stride

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cennehnehuilia.

sennehnewiliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
cennehnehuiliā

to equalize things (see Karttunen)

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cenneixcueyoniliztica.

senneiːʃkwejonilistikɑː

in the space of the opening and closing of an eye, or a single blink(see Molina)

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cenneixcueyoniliztli.

senneiːʃkwejonilistɬi

an opening and closing of the eye, or a blink (see Molina)

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cenneloa.

senneloɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cẽneloa

mix or stir one some things with other things (see Molina)

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cennemi.

sennemi

live, or dwell together (see Molina)

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cennemiliztli.

sennemilistɬi

life of those that live and dwell together; or, eternal life (see Molina)

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cenneneuhque.

sennehnewkeh
Orthographic Variants: 
cennehneuhqueh

equals (see Karttunen)

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cennepanoa.

sennepɑnoɑ

mix or stir one thing with another (or in the plural) (see Molina)

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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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cennequetzalpan.

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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