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ikpɑtetɬɑːliɑ

to reel, making a ball of thread (see Molina)

ikpɑtetontɬi

a small ball of yarn (see Molina)

iːkpɑtɬ

thread, yarn
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), 219.

thread or yarn.
ikpɑtɬɑːwiːllɑtsikoːltiːloːni
Orthographic Variants: 
icpatlauillatzicoltiloni

lamp burner (see Molina)

ikpɑtɬɑːwiːloːni
Orthographic Variants: 
icpatlauiloni

the wick of a candle or lamp (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
icpatlamalintli yc motlequechia tlequiquiztli

artillery fuse (of a gunner or a person on the harquebus) (see Molina)

ikpɑtɬɑteteːktɬi

a warp made with a loom (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
icpaxiqujpilli, icpatoxin

a cotton bag used for keeping incense (referenced multiple times by Sahagún)

ikpɑjoːtiɑ

to thread a needle (see Molina)

ikpitikɑtoːntɬi

a small thing (see Molina)

ikpitɬ

a firefly (see Molina)

ikpoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
icpoā

to reseed something (see Karttunen)

itʃpoːtʃkɑːwɑlli
Orthographic Variants: 
ichpōchcāhualli

spinster (see Karttunen)

to carry s.t. on one’s head.
A. Una persona mujer pone y lo lleva en su cabeza una cubeta o otra cosa. “Celia le pozo en la cabeza maíz a Perla y que vaya a venderlo”. B. Se pone en la cabeza.
to place s.t. on s.o.’s head in order for them to carry it someplace.
# una persona le pone una cubeta o otra cosa en la cabeza de otro para que se lo lleve. “le pongo en la cabeza de mi esposa un medio coztal de maíz cuando vamos a la milpa”.

big brother

(ca. 1540, Cuernavaca)
Ismael Díaz Cadena, "Libro de tributos del Marquesado del Valle. Texto en español y náhuatl," Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Cuadernos de la Biblioteca, Serie Investigación no. 5, pp. 11, 52.

a mocked or ridiculed, dupe (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
icquexquich?, ic quexquich?

how much time will it be with this or with that or with that person?

Orthographic Variants: 
icteuic ninoquixtia

to do some business duty in respect of another, or to comply with my conscience, etc. (see Molina)

deception, or ridicule (see Molina)