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Letter M: Displaying 1741 - 1760 of 2902

something deadly or poisonous (see Molina)

mikowɑni

deadly weapon, instrument (see Karttunen); poison

mikowɑyɑːn
Orthographic Variants: 
micohuayān

place of death (see Karttunen)

miːkomitɬ

a quiver for arrows; or, a casing for darts or arrows (see Molina)

mikketɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
miquetl

the body of a deceased person; corpse, cadaver (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
micqui ytlatlayan

a bonfire for burning a corpse (see Molina)

mikki

one who has died, a dead person, a dead body, a corpse (see Molina, Karttunen, Lockhart)

miktiɑː

to kill, or to beat or mistreat (literally, to make someone die)

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), 105.

to kill s.o. or s.t.
A. Persona, animal silvestre o animal domestico le quita la vida a otra. “Leobardo mata su perro porque muerde mucho” B. matar.
miktiwetʃilistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mictiuechiliztli

the death of one who has fallen from a high place or a high status (see Molina)

miktiwetsi
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mictiuetzi

to fall on the ground dead; or, to die suddenly (see Molina)

miktiwetsilistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
mictiuetziliztli

the fall of one who has dropped dead on the ground, or who has died suddenly (see Molina)

miktiwetski
Orthographic Variants: 
mictiuetzqui
1. to kill s.o.ʻs animal. 2. to kill an animalʻs offspring.
#una persona mata a un animal doméstico que es dueño de otra persona. “Mariana mató la puerca de su hermano porque estaba adentro de su solar.”
miktimomɑnɑ

to take on the facial expression of a dead person (see Molina)

miktimotɬɑliɑ

to take on the facial expression of a dead person (see Molina)

toward the North; coming from the perspective of Cholula (see attestations)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 157.

Orthographic Variants: 
mictlanpa ehecatl

a north wind, a cold northerly wind (see Molina); literally, the wind from the underworld

Orthographic Variants: 
mictlampa uic, mictlanpa huic, mictlanpa uic

toward hell (see Molina), i.e. toward the underworld; also, to the north

miktɬɑːmpɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
mictlanpa, mjctlanpa

toward hell (i.e. the underworld); or, toward the north (see Molina)