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oloːtʃtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
olōchtli

a group (see Karttunen)

to roll up into a cilindrical shape.
ololwiɑː

to gather around something

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), 228.

the roundness of a ball or other spherical object (see Molina)

oloːliwki

Turbina Corymbosa, a plant whose seeds are like those of the Morning Glory; from these seeds, Nahua women produced an alcoholic or narcotic beverage (see attestations); the seeds contain a narcotic that have a similar effect as peyote (see Alva)
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 9.

oloːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
olōlli, ulolli

sphere, ball

ololoɑː

to roll something into a ball (see Karttunen); to curl up; to roll something up; to collect; to get dressed; to cover or dress people; to ride (see Molina)

1. to roll up things such as rope, cable, vine. 2. for a snake to curl up.
A. nic. una persona ajunta una cosa, cuerda y hace un circulo. “Adrian arolla bejuco porque ya tiro estorba”. 2. mo. culebra se hace bolita cuando se asusta. “Cuando fuimos a visitar a Tepoxteco vimos una culebra bien larga, y solo poquito nos escucho que hicimos un ruido empezó a arollarse”. B. arollarse.
ololteːntok
Orthographic Variants: 
ololtēntoc

heap, pile (see Karttunen)

ololtik
Orthographic Variants: 
olōltic

something round, such as a bullet or a ball (see Molina); something ball-shaped, spherical (see Karttunen)

rolled up rope or string.
Orthographic Variants: 
Vlopazicatl

a person's name (attested as male)

oːloːtetsontetɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ōlōtetzontetl

instrument for removing kernels from corncobs (see Karttunen)

oːloːtɬ

the heart of the ear of corn or maize (see Molina); the corn cob (or maize cob) with the kernels removed (see Karttunen); also, a counter when counting kernels of maize or other seed pods or bananas (see Molina, Karttunen, and Siméon)

oːloːʃoːtʃitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ōlōxōchitl

maize flower (see Karttunen)

the cob of an ear of corn.

to be resilient

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
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), 97.

Orthographic Variants: 
on-

plus, when followed by small numbers; or two of something (also seen as on- and o-)

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), 228.