N

Letter N: Displaying 401 - 420 of 2367
nɑːmmɑti

to be a boss and a real defender of others; or, to have a boss of that type (see Molina)

whatever, ordinary
Mecayapan, 2002, cited in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/namol/26458

nɑːmoyɑː

to steal something from someone

nɑːmoyɑːliɑː

to rob something from someone (see Molina and Karttunen)

to abstain from something or go without (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanacaze

an "angular plant" or "plant with corners" -- this was an herb believed to have medicinal value; it grows in temperate places such as Xochimilco; used to cure fevers by provoking sweat, and to move the bowels, stop fluxes, and stop bleeding in the bowels
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), 142.

a person's name; a Mexico City ruler's name

nɑnɑkɑtɬ

mushroom James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 226.

nɑːnɑːwɑkokotɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
nānāhuacocotl

a sore caused through sorcery (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanahuaquahuitl

the "Bubo Tree," a tall tree with medicinal value; the decoction, "when drunk copiously in the morning, cures the French disease" (syphillis) (Valley of Mexico, 1570–1587)
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), 122.

nɑːnɑːwɑpɑhtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
nānāhuapahtli

medicinal plant used to alleviate syphilis (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauati

to be afflicted with pustules or buboes (see Molina), possibly related to venereal disease

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatia

to provoke the dog to fight (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatia

to give advice or to guide (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatia

to make a testament or to make a verbal order right before death (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatilia

to persuade someone to do something bad to another (negative influence) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatilotiuh

executer, the person in charge of making sure the last remaining actions are completed (can be in the context of court or family matters) (see Molina)

nɑːnɑːwɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
nanauatl

pustules; a sign of venereal disease
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 283.

the name of a deity associated with the creation of the sun
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 7 -- The Sun, Moon, and Stars, and the Binding of the Years, Number 14, Part 8, 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, 1953), 4.

Orthographic Variants: 
nanauaxiuitl

a local herb used in remedies (see Sahagún)