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Letter M: Displaying 2401 - 2420 of 2902

momoxtiya.

momoʃtiyɑ

to come apart, to get tattered (see Karttunen)

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momoyactli.

a warrior outfit made primarily of red feathers; the accompanying headdress also had two rows of green and white feathers; or, that which is dispersed

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momoyahua.

mohmojɑːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
momoyaua
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momoyahualiztli.

momojɑːwɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
momoyaualiztli
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momoyahui.

momojɑwi
Orthographic Variants: 
momoyaui
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momoyauhqui.

momojɑːwki
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momoztla tlaza.

Orthographic Variants: 
mumuztla tlaza

to procrastinate or defer something from day to day

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momoztlae.

moːmoːstɬɑeh
Orthographic Variants: 
mumuztlae, mōmōztlaeh

every day, daily

Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua Mexicana, ed. Rémi Siméon, facsimile edition ed. Miguel León-Portilla (Guadalajara: Edmundo Aviña Levy, 1972), 189.

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momoztlatlaxilia.

moːmoːstɬɑtɬɑːʃiliɑ
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momoztlatlaza.

moːmoːstɬɑtɬɑːsɑ

to defer something from day to day, or to procrastinate (see Molina; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood)

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momoztli.

momostɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mumuztli

platform or raised altar for sacrificial offerings and displays in pre-conquest style; shrines; mound, platform, etc., in colonial times
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), 225.

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monacayotiqui.

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monacazquetzani.

monɑkɑsketsɑni
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monahuac.

Orthographic Variants: 
monauac
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monahuatil.

Orthographic Variants: 
monauatil
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monamacac.

one who sells him or herself, such as a prostitute
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 10: The People", fols. 69v-70r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/70r/images/0 Accessed 10 September 2025.

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monanatzoqui.

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monanmictiani.

monɑːnmiktiɑːni
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monasterio.

Orthographic Variants: 
monesterio, monestelio

monastery
(a loanword from Spanish)

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moncahuia cuicatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
moncauia cuicatl

a polyphonic duo; or a duo of organ music (?) (see Molina)

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