E | Nahuatl Dictionary

(central Mexico, late sixteenth century; originally from Sahagún in 1574, a document that Chimalpahin copied)
Codex Chimalpahin: Society and Politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Culhuacan, and Other Nahuatl Altepetl in Central Mexico; The Nahuatl and Spanish Annals and Accounts Collected and Recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), vol. 2, 132–133.

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el an.

to be lazy and listless (see Molina)

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el.

to be diligent, solicitous, or careful (see Molina)

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elaqui.

elɑki

to be afflicted and anguished (see Molina)

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elcacatzca.

to have chest pain or a stomach ache from eating a lot (see Molina)

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elcacatzcac.

someone with chest pain or stomach ache caused by having eaten a lot (see Molina)

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elcacatzcaliztli.

chest pain or stomach ache from eating a lot (see Molina)

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elchiquihuitl.

eːltʃikiwitɬ

Orthographic Variants:

elchiquiuitl

the breasts, or the chest (see Molina); bosom (see Karttunen)

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ēlchiquihuitl.

s.o.’s thorax or ribs.

# no. Un poco del hueso de una persona largo y chueco lo que encierra su corazón y se ve como una canastita. “Arturo se le dispararon cerca de su costilla un poco faltaba y lo iba hallar en su corazón”.

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ēlchiquimīna.

to poke s.o. in the ribs.

# niqu. Una persona chonsea a alguien con su dedo o con un cochillo en sus costillas. “Jorge cuando está alegre siempre lo chancea su mamá y lo asusta”.

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