M | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter M: Displaying 1681 - 1700 of 2898

miccaxochitl.

mikkɑːʃoːtʃitɬ

Orthographic Variants:

miccāxōchitl

marigold (Tagetes erecta); literally "death-flower," but the indigenous name for the large indigenous marigold related to All Souls' Day is cempohualxochitl (see Karttunen)

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miccayetoca.

mikkɑːjetokɑ

to fake that one is dead (see Molina)

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miccayeyecoa.

mikkɑːyehyekoɑː

Orthographic Variants:

miccāyehyecoā

to be in terminal agony (see Karttunen)

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miccazahua.

mikkɑːsɑːwɑ

Orthographic Variants:

miccazaua

to bring clothing one wears when someone has passed away (the clothing decorations is often black to represent the pain and sorrow one feels)

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miccazayulin.

a large fly (flying insects) (see Molina)

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michacaxitl.

mitʃɑːkɑʃitɬ

a pool of fish, a man made tank that is created to collect water and raise fish (similar to a fish tank) (see Molina)

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michahuatl.

mitʃɑhwɑtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

michauatl

a large and thin fish bone (see Molina)

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michamanalli.

mitʃɑːmɑnɑlli

a pool of fish, a man made tank that has been created to collect water and raise fish (similar to a fish tank) (see Molina)

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michaxiliztli.

mitʃɑhʃilistɬi

fishing for fish (see Molina)

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michcacallotl.

the shell of a shellfish (see Molina)

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michcoztli.

mitʃkostɬi

codfish (see Karttunen)

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the dance of the fish (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 150–151.

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michcuitlaxcolli.

an herb, also called "Fish Guts," that grows in the region of Pánuco; the roots were used for a poultice; also ground and drunk to cure jaundice and provoke urine, or powdered for application to growths on the eyes; other applications as well
The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 147.

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