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Letter M: Displaying 1441 - 1460 of 2902
melɑːwiliɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
melauilia

to declare something to another person (see Molina)

to straighten a bent metal object or unfold a piece of plastic for s.o.
#una persona extiende alguna cosa que estaba enrrollado de alguien.”Andrea estiende los fierros de su abuela por que los tenia doblados su hijo”
to hang s.o. on one’s shoulder.
#una persona cuelga lguna cosa sobre su hombre cuando va algun lugar.”mi papa siempre lleva colgado su moral cuando va a la milpa a trabajar”
melɑːwkɑːpoːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
melāuhcāpōhua

to relate, declare, explicate something (see Karttunen)

to go straight; to follow the straight road; to live right(?) (see Molina)

melɑsoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
melazoā

to stretch put, extend (see Karttunen)

melɑstik

something straight and long (see Molina); something straight and vertical (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
melchiquiuh petlauhqui

bare-chested (see Molina)

to work the land in preparation for planting it (see Molina)

a person with indigestion (see Molina)

meːllelmɑtini

a person who is unpleasant, angry, and a complainer (see Molina)

meːllelmɑtki

a person who is unpleasant, angry, and a complainer (see Molina)

to take recreation and amuse oneself (see Molina)

a person who takes recreation and amuses him or herself (see Molina)

one who is repentant, embarrassed (see Molina)

meːlleltiɑːni

one who is repentant, embarrassed (see Molina)

one who is repentant, embarrassed (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
melocoton quauitl, melocoton quahuitl

a peach tree (partly a loanword from Spanish, melocotón, peach; see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
melon milpa

a field of melons (partially a loanword from Spanish, melón (see Molina); milpa is milli with a directional suffix

missing the breast, or having the breast cut off, uncovered, or bare; can be said of a fowl (see Molina and dictionaries defining despechugar)