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weːpɑːmmekɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
uepammecatl
weːpɑːnɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
uepana

to drag or transport wood -- probably pulled with a rope that has been inserted through a hole in the end of the beam, as illustrated in Nahua hieroglyphs, such as huilana (MH513r) and huilana (MH558v)

wepɑːnɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
uepanaliztli
weːpɑːnɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
uepanani
Orthographic Variants: 
huapantli, uepantli, huepamitl

a large rough-hewn wooden beam
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), 218.

a beam; for a discussion of various kinds of wood that has been cut, including this term, see the Digital Florentine Codex Book 11, f 119r., at https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/11/folio/119r?spTexts=&nhTexts=

wehpoːlwiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
huehpōlhuiā

to be in love with one’s brother-in-law (see Karttunen)

wehpoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
huepulli, uepulli, vepolli

sister or brother-in-law (of a person of the opposite sex)

wehpoːlloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
uepollotl, vepollotl

close familial relationship, such as brother-in-law; sister-in-law; etc.

Orthographic Variants: 
uepulli
Orthographic Variants: 
ferfano

orphan

Orthographic Variants: 
huerda

orchard or intensively cultivated garden (see also the entry, "a la huerta")

Orthographic Variants: 
Vetl, Huetzin, Uetl, Uetzin

a person's name (attested as male)

Orthographic Variants: 
uetlatztic

something long (see Molina)

wetɬɑtstikɑːjoːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
uetlatzticayotl
wetskɑ

to laugh
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), 218.

to laugh.
A. ni. Una persona se rie un poco. “Cuando hay junta de mujeres, espiezan a bromiar y se rien mucho”. B. se rein.
wetskɑlistɬi

laughter (see Karttunen)

wetskɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
uetzcani

a laughing person, something amusing (see Molina and Karttunen)

wetskɑːjoːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
uetzcayotl

a worked beam that would be used in the construction of a house or building (see Molina)