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400, or one count [of four hundred]; often, this number of grasses in a bundle (sprigs of herbs) (see Karttunen and Molina); lots, or an innumerable amount (Lockhart)

four hundred.

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centzontotochtin.

Orthographic Variants:

centzontotochti

Four Hundred Rabbits, a way of referring to a pulque, an alcoholic beverage (see attestations and see our entry for Totochtin)

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cenui.

for all to go somewhere together, or to fall together (see Molina)

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cenxiquipilli ipan centzontli ipan matlacpohualli.

Orthographic Variants:

cenxiquipilli ypan centzuntli ypan matlacpoalli

8,600 (i.e. 8000 + 400 + [10 x 20]) (see Molina)

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cenxomatli.

a spoonful

SEE "cenxumatli" in Víctor M. Castillo F., "Unidades nahuas de medida," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 195–223, ver la página 204.

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cenya.

senyɑː

Orthographic Variants:

cenyā

to go along well (see Karttunen)

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cēnyā.

1. for a body of water or land to seem limitless. 2. to do s.t. constantly. 3. to do s.t. often.

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cenyacana.

senjɑkɑːnɑ

to govern or command (see Molina and Karttunen)

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Cenyaotl.

literally, entire war, but a personal name (see attestations)

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cenyauh.

senjɑw

Orthographic Variants:

cẽyauh

for a song to be well executed (see Molina)

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cenyeliztli.

senjelistɬi

a family, or the people who live together in a house

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cenyohual.

senyowɑl

all night (particle)

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), 214.

all night.

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