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Letter M: Displaying 781 - 800 of 2902

mapiloa.

mɑhpiloɑ

to point with the finger

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), 224.

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mapilpipitzoa.

mɑhpilpipitsoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
mahpilpipitzoā

to suck someone’s finger (see Karttunen)

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mapiltepachoa.

mɑhpiltepɑːtʃoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
mahpiltepāchoā

to bruise one’s finger; to bruise someone’s fingers (see Karttunen)

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mapiltepilhuilia.

mɑhpiltepilwiliɑ

to give rude signs to another person using one's hand (see Molina)

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mapiltepoztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
mapiltepuztli

finger joints, knuckles (see Molina)

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mapiltetequi.

mɑhpiltehteki
Orthographic Variants: 
mahpiltehtequi

to cut one’s finger (see Karttunen)

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mapiltomahuac.

mɑhpiltomɑːwɑk
Orthographic Variants: 
mahpiltomāhuac

thumb (see Karttunen)

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mapiltontli.

mɑhpiltoːntɬi

the little finger (see Molina)

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mapiltzalan.

mɑhpiltsɑlɑn

between the fingers on one's hands (see Molina)

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mapilxocoyotl.

mɑhpilʃoːkojoːtɬ

the little finger (see Molina)

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mapilzazalihuiyantli.

mɑhpilsɑhsɑːliwiyɑːntɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mahpilzahzālihuiyāntli

finger joint, knuckle (see Karttunen)

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mapilzazaliuhyantli.

finger joint(s) (see Molina)

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mapipichtli.

a whistle made by the hand at the lips (see Molina)

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mapipitzoa.

mɑːpiːpiːtsoɑ

to lick/suck ones fingers (see Molina); or, hissing sounds made on the battlefield and dance floor (Bernal Díaz, by way of John Bierhorst)

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mapiqui.

mɑːpiːki

to close ones hand; to make a fist, or to squeeze something in ones hand (see Molina)

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māpīqui.

1. to bandage oneʻs hand. 2. to wrap a baby up in cloth with the cuayolli.
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mapiya.

mɑːpiyɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
māpiya

to hold something in one’s hand (see Karttunen)

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mapoch.

mɑːpoːtʃ
Orthographic Variants: 
māpōch

the left hand (see Karttunen)

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māpohpōhua.

to dry or wipe off s.o.ʻs hands.
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māpohpōztequi1.

1. for tree banches to break. 2. for a person or animal to break their hands.
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