M

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one who complains before the courts about some offense or wrong done; a complainant (see Molina)

moteːiːʃnɑːmiktiɑːni

a competitor or a contender (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
moteixpanuiani, moteixpauiyani, mixnamicqui

litigants, plaintives

Thelma Sullivan, Documentos Tlaxcaltecas del siglo XVI en lengua náhuatl (Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1987), 41.

to belittle oneself (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
Motelchiuhtzin

a personal name, meaning perhaps "one who sees himself as accursed" (see attestations); this was the name of an interim ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan who had the title Cuauhnochtli

motelketsɑni

one who is struck with amazement, astonished, detained with a fright, startled (see Molina)

moteːneːwɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
motēnēhuani

someone arrogant, boastful (see Karttunen)

to draw blood from the lips using a knife (see Molina), a type of self-sacrifice, bloodletting

moteːpɑtʃiwiɑːni
Orthographic Variants: 
motepachiuiani
Orthographic Variants: 
motepanauilmati
Orthographic Variants: 
motepanauiltoca
Orthographic Variants: 
motepexiuiani

back to back

Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.