M | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter M: Displaying 1101 - 1120 of 2902

mātzo.

1. a newly cooked tortilla to which salt is added as it is pressed into a ball shape with one’s fist. 2. expression used to warn an insulting person to shut up.

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matzoa.

to predict, to warn someone about something; to make buns(?) (see Molina); also, a soft, folded tortilla (see Siméon)

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matzocuitlaneltic.

mɑːtsokwitɬɑneltik

Orthographic Variants:

mātzocuitlaneltic

something dirty (see Karttunen)

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mātzohtzontequi.

to sever the branches of a tree.

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mātzohtzontequiliā.

to sever the branches of s.o.’s tree.

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matzolcui.

mɑhtsolkwi

Orthographic Variants:

mahtzolcui

to seize something with the hands, talons (see Karttunen)

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matzolihui.

mɑːtsoːliwi

Orthographic Variants:

matzoliui

to lose the use of one's hands (see Molina and Siméon)

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matzoloa.

mɑːtsoːloɑ

to take a handful of something (see Molina and Siméon)

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matzoltilia.

mɑːtsoːltiliɑ

to scrub or rub something hard (see Molina); to handle something roughly, grope, paw, rumple (see Siméon)

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bracelet or hand band (Olko); a wrist band (Sahagún)
Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 286.

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