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mayatl.

mɑjɑːtɬ

a certain flying beetle (see Molina); a flower chafer (DFC, with image and description)
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 107r, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/107r/images/27924353-... Accessed 10 November 2025.

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mayauhcantli.

right hand (see Molina)

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mayauhtihuetzi.

Orthographic Variants: 
mayauhtiuetzi

to throw oneself to the floor (see Molina)

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maye.

mɑːyeh
Orthographic Variants: 
māyeh

someone with hands (see Karttunen)

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mayeccantli.

mɑːyeːkkɑːntɬi

right hand (see Molina and Karttunen)

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mayechiquihuitl.

mɑːyehtʃikiwitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
māyehchiquihuitl

handbasket (see Karttunen)

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mayectia.

mɑːjeːktiɑ

to cut down trees (see Molina)

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mayectli.

Orthographic Variants: 
maye

a dependent person on the land of a noble person; plural: mayeque

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mayecuel.

mɑːjekweːl
Orthographic Variants: 
macuele

"lets go!" (see Molina); also, a personal name, attested male in Tlaxcala

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mayecuele.

mɑːyekweːleh
Orthographic Variants: 
māyecuēleh, macuele

let it be that .. on with …; a compound introductory particle for clauses expressing strong wishes and exhortations (see Karttunen)

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mayehuatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
mayeuatl, maiehuatl, maiehoatl

leather gloves (for use in the ball game)
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 200.

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māyehyēcoā.

to threaten to hit s.o. by raising one’s hand.
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mayi.

mɑyiː
Orthographic Variants: 
mayī

leavetaking phrase used in Tetelcingo (see Karttunen)

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mayo.

Orthographic Variants: 
mayos, mayor, mallo

May, the month of May
(a loanword from Spanish)

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mayoh.

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mayor.

Orthographic Variants: 
mayol

major, greater (often part of a longer term or title)
(a loanword from Spanish)

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mayordomo.

Orthographic Variants: 
mayortomo

steward; in municipal government, a combined treasurer and projects manager; also, an officer of a cofradía (lay brotherhood)
(a loanword from Spanish)

The Tlaxcalan Actas: A Compendium of the Records of the Cabildo of Tlaxcala (1545-1627), eds. James Lockhart, Frances Berdan, and Arthur J.O. Anderson (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1986), 153.

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mayotzincuepani.

mɑːjoːtsiːnkwepɑni

Spanish-style acrobat (see Molina)

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maytoa.

to rent out, or hire; to rent out my slaves to another (see Molina)

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mayuh ye in amoyollo.

to know with certainty, or to have an understanding (see Molina)

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