M | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter M: Displaying 2601 - 2620 of 2885

one who is seated (see Molina); in place, in repose

motlalia.

Orthographic Variants:

ualmotlalia, hualmotlalia

to become, take the job as, come to constitute oneself as; to settle down

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

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motlaloa.

to run, speaking of people running or water, for example (contemporary Eastern Huastecan Nahuatl vocabulary, IDIEZ) -- see attestations

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motlalotli.

a rare term that Rafael Tena suggests relates to motlalohua, to run; so, with the absolutive ending, this becomes a noun, perhaps the act of "running along" (see attestation)

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literally, one who buries himself (i.e., one who does not seek praise or the limelight, SW)
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 10: The People", fol. 12v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/10/folio/12v Accessed 4 September 2025.

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