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Letter C/CH: Displaying 1661 - 1680 of 5731

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

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cēnyahticah.

See CĒNYĀ.
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cēnyahtoc.

See CĒNYĀ.
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cenyaliztli.

senjɑlistɬi

a place of residence

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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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cenyohualli.

senjowɑlli
Orthographic Variants: 
cenyoalli

one night (see Molina)

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cenyohualtia.

Orthographic Variants: 
cenyoaltia

something that lasts all night, or to be somewhere part of the night (see Molina)

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cenyollotli.

a measure from the middle of the chest to the outstretched hand, often half a matl; approximately 83.59 cm (?)

The Testaments of Culhuacan, eds. S. L. Cline and Miguel León-Portilla (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1984), p. 15; and see John E. Clark, Aztec Dimensions of Holiness, cited in: http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7615867.

see attestations for an example where it is equated with one vara
(Tlaxcala, 1585)
Catálogo de documentos escritos en náhuatl, siglo XVI, vol. I (Tlaxcala: Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala y el Archivo Histórico del Estado de Tlaxcala, 2013), 287.

see also our entry for yollotl

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cenyollotli.

senjoːllohtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cenyolotli

a measure; the distance from the heart to an outstreched fingertip, and hence one half of the braza

Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), 158.

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cenzotl.

sensotɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
cençotl

a bolt or piece of cloth (see Molina)

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cepa.

seːpɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
cēpa

once, one time (see Karttunen)

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cepan nemi.

to live, or to dwell together (see Molina)

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