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olmaitl.

oːlmɑitɬ

a rubber hand piece for playing drums, a drumstick
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 134–135.

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Olmeca.

a pre-Classic people of the Gulf of Mexico; also, an ethnic group, the people of Olman, ancient inhabitants of Tamoanchan in central Mexico (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 137, note 6.

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Olmos.

a surname, taken by some Nahuas; this is the name of a famous Nahuatlato, Fray Andrés de Olmos, who did ethnographic and linguistic work in central Mexico (SW)

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olochtlatzotzonani.

oloːtʃtɬɑtsotsonɑnih
Orthographic Variants: 
olōchtlatzotzonanih

group of musicians (see Karttunen)

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olochtli.

oloːtʃtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
olōchtli

a group (see Karttunen)

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ololahui.

to roll up into a cilindrical shape.
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ololhuia.

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.

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ololiuhcayotl.

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

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ololiuhqui.

oloːliwki
Orthographic Variants: 
ololuyqui

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); also called coatl xoxouhqui

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.

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ololiuhtimani.

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ololli.

oloːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
olōlli, ulolli

sphere, ball

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ololoa.

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)

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ololoā.

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.
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ololtentoc.

ololteːntok
Orthographic Variants: 
ololtēntoc

heap, pile (see Karttunen)

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ololtic.

ololtik
Orthographic Variants: 
olōltic

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

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olōltic.

rolled up rope or string.
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Olopatzicatl.

Orthographic Variants: 
Vlopazicatl

a person's name (attested as male)

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olotetzontetl.

oːloːtetsontetɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
ōlōtetzontetl

instrument for removing kernels from corncobs (see Karttunen)

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olotl.

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)

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olōtl.

corncob.
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