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cenquizca.

senkiːskɑː

Orthographic Variants:

zenquizca

totally; entirely; absolutely

See Molina's various examples, and: Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 114.

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cenquizcachipahuac.

entirely and perfectly pure

Louise M. Burkhart, Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies Monograph 13 (Albany: University at Albany, 2001), 9.

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cenquizcacualli.

Orthographic Variants:

cenquizca qualli, cenquizcaqualli, cenquizca cualli

entirely good (see Molina)

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cenquizcacualtilia.

Orthographic Variants:

cenquizcaqualtilia, cenquizca qualtilia, cenquizca cualtilia

to sanctify someone completely (see Molina)

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cenquizcaitta.

senkiːskɑːittɑ

Orthographic Variants:

cenquizca itta

to come to understand something very well (see Molina)

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cenquizqui.

senkiːski

a perfect thing (see Karttunen); something whole and perfect (see Molina)

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cenquiztica.

something whole and fine, or something not divided, not cut up

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cenquiztoc.

senkiːstok

for everything to be together

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centacatl.

sentɑkɑtɬ

a bunch or clump of herbs, thistles, lettuce, or cabbage (see Molina)

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centeca.

senteːkɑ

to reason in favor of something (see Molina)

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centeconetl.

sentekoneːtɬ

an only child (see Molina)

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centecpanhuia.

Orthographic Variants:

centecpanuia

to plunder a woman, for many to rape her (?) (see Molina)

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centecpanpia.

to guard over twenty tribute payers; as witnessed in the Matrícula de Huexoctzinc, for example, on folio 593 verso (SW)

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centecpanpixqui.

collector and guardian over twenty tribute payers; a low-level altepetl official (see attestations and see macuiltecpanpixqui); plural: centecpanpixque

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centecpantin.

twenty people (twenty head of cattle, twenty tribute payers, etc.); singular: centecpantli (one tecpantli, i.e., one times 20)

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one group of twenty; often refers to things that could be organized in rows or lines; Molina gives examples of: tamemes (human carriers), houses, rocks, or horses (see Molina); can refer to twenty tribute payers; plural of centecpantli = centecpantin

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