M | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter M: Displaying 1961 - 1980 of 2892

mitotli.

mihtohtɬi

Orthographic Variants:

mihtohtli

a dance (see Karttunen)

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mitra.

a mitre, worn on the head of a bishop
(a loanword from Spanish)

(early seventeenth century, central New Spain)
Annals of His Time: Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, and Doris Namala, eds. and transl. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006), 206–207.

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mitz.

for you, at you (see Molina)

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mitz.

second person singular specific object prefix.

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mitzahua.

Orthographic Variants:

mitzaua

to scold someone (see Molina)

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mitzcac.

your side (see Molina)

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mitzmotzatzacuiltitimanizque.

they will be on your side, or at your right and left (hands)

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mixa.

miʃɑː

Orthographic Variants:

mixā

mist, drizzle (see Karttunen)

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mixaehecatl.

miʃɑːeheːkɑtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

mixāehēcatl

wind and drizzle (see Karttunen)

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mixatoctli.

miʃɑːtoktɬi

sparse clouds (see Molina)

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mixayahuitl.

miʃɑjɑwitɬ

Orthographic Variants:

mixayauitl

sparse clouds (see Molina)

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mixayomatemani.

miːʃɑːjoːmɑːteːmɑni

he who cries a lot (literally, spills many tears) (see Molina)

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mixayopatzcani.

miːʃɑːjoːpɑːtskɑni

he who cries a lot (literally, spills many tears) (see Molina)

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mixcahui.

to do something alone; or, only do something in one place or time

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mixcahuia.

Orthographic Variants:

mixcauia

a lonely thing or he who makes something on his own (see Molina)

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mixcanactli.

miʃkɑnɑktɬi

sparse clouds (see Molina)

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mixcoacalli.

a place where court musicians gathered to practice their drums, rattles, bells, flutes, and chants (see Sahagún)

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mixcoacuauhtli.

Orthographic Variants:

mixcoaquauhtli, mixcohuacuauhtli

Ornate Hawk-Eagle, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

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Mixcoatl.

Orthographic Variants:

Miscovatl

a divine force, usually translated as Cloud Serpent; said in the Florentine Codex to be the only deity worshipped by the Chichimecs (Sahagún); also, a personal name taken by Nahua men
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 6 -- Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy, No. 14, Part 7, 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), 34.

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Mixcoatlailotlac.

Orthographic Variants:

Miscovatlayllotlac

a personal name in what is now Morelos; attested as male; appears to be a compound of a Chichimec deity (Mixcoatl) and a magistrate's title (Tlailotlac)

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