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Letter M: Displaying 1561 - 1580 of 2874

metztlapohualli.

the count of the months or the phases of the moon

Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 -- The People, No. 14, Part 11, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1961), 88.

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metztli cualo.

Orthographic Variants: 
metztli qualo

to be in eclipse (a verb, referring to the moon) (see Molina); literally, the moon is eaten; see also qualometztli

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metztli icualoca.

Orthographic Variants: 
metztli iqualoca

an eclipse of the moon (see Molina)

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metztli imiquiz.

conjunction of the moon (literally, the moon's death) (see Molina)

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metztli mayo.

the month of May (see Molina)

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metztli.

meːtstɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
meztli, mestli, metzintli, mextli

a month; moon; crescent (see Karttunen and Lockhart); see also our entry for metztli meaning the leg of an animal or a person (and see Molina)

1. moon. 2. month.
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metztli.

metstɬi

leg of a person or of an animal (see Molina)

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metztli.

s.o.’s leg.
# No. Un parte de la cintura de una persona, animal silvestre y animal domestico, lo usan para caminar y para pararse. “Me duele mucho mi pierna porque me caí en la noche”.
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metztona.

meːtstoːnɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
mētztōna

for the moon to be up and shining (see Karttunen)

for the moon to shine at night.
#alumbra la luna en la noche .”ahora la noche es muy bonita por que ilunima la luna pero mañana a lo major va a llover”
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metztonalli.

Orthographic Variants: 
metztunalli

the clarity of the moon (see Molina), or moonlight

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metztonallotl.

Orthographic Variants: 
metztunallotl

the clarity of the moon (see Molina), moonlight, or moonshine

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metztontli.

a short month; or, a waning moon; or a small leg (see Molina)

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metztzālan.

between s.o. or an animal’s legs.
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metzxocpalli.

metsʃokpɑlli

sole of one’s foot (see Karttunen)

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meuhqui.

meːwki

up from bed; one who has gotten out of bed (see Molina)

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mexcalatl.

meʃkɑlɑːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
mexcalātl

the sap or juice of the maguey, used as an unfermented drink (see Karttunen)

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mexcalcocoyoc.

meʃkɑlkohkohyok
Orthographic Variants: 
mexcalcohcohyoc

a drunkard (see Karttunen)

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mexcalhuia.

meʃkɑlwiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
mexcalhuiā

to rub alcohol, mescal on oneself; to rub mezcal on someone else (see Karttunen)

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mexcali.

baked maguey

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 203.

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mexcalli.

meʃkɑlli

mezcal, a distilled alcoholic drink made by cooking the heart of the maguey plant (see Karttunen)

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