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a waxy, greasy bodily fluid, possibly semen; also, seems to be the root of the Hispanized term chahuistle, which may refer to fungus and insect infestations (Gene C. Wilkens, Good Farmers, 1990, p. 48, note 7)

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Chialoc.

Orthographic Variants:

Chiyalloc

a person's name (gender not specified)

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chialoni.

something or someone worth waiting for (see Molina)

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chialtia.

to expect or wait for another person with regard to food or something else (see Molina)

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chiamachihua.

Orthographic Variants:

chiamachiua

to make oil from chia seeds (see Molina)

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chiamachiuhqui.

one who makes oil from chia seeds (see Molina)

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chiamahuia.

Orthographic Variants:

chiamauia

to polish something with the oil made from chia seeds (see Molina)

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chiamanamacac.

one who makes and sells chia oil (see Molina)

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chiamapatzca.

to extract the oil from chia seeds (see Molina)

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chiamapatzcac.

one who extracts oil from chia seeds, the oil maker (see Molina)

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chiamatl.

Orthographic Variants:

chiematl

oil made from chia seeds (see Molina)

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chian.

Orthographic Variants:

chia, chiyan, chiyantli, chiyen, chien, chiyentli

a plant from whose seeds an edible oil was secured (this is chia in contemporary Mexican Spanish)
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.

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Chiapan.

a place name, the place of chia (plant, seed); an important example of a place with this name would be the contemporary Chiapas state

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chiauhcoatl.

a certain snake or serpent

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