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Letter P: Displaying 381 - 400 of 1591

a person's name (attested as both male and female in the 16th c.)

pɑpɑnɑwiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
papanauia

to pass many times those who are in front; or, to take lots of people or cross many times with people in a ferry or lying down (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
papanuetzi yn amatl

for paper (or something similar) to be passed (see Molina)

to arrive someplace only for a moment, after all.
1. to pass s.o. while moving, after all. 2. to cross a road, a field, a lake, etc.
for a person who was hidden to show themself.
to catch s.o. in the act, after all.
Orthographic Variants: 
Papato

a person's name (attested female)

pɑhpɑːki

to rejoice, celebrate, have fun (see Lockhart), to enjoy oneself, to take great pleasure (see Karttunen and Molina)

to announce great happiness; or, to order that everyone be happy (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
papaquiliz xiuitl, papaquilizxihuitl, papaquilizxiuitl

a jubilee year, a year for celebration, happiness (see Molina)

pɑhpɑːkilistikɑ

happily (see Molina)

pɑhpɑːkilistɬi

joy or rejoicing (see Karttunen)

pɑhpɑːkiltiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
pahpāquiltiā

to cause someone to be happy (see Karttunen)

pɑhpɑːkini

a lively person, merry, joyful, rejoicing, festive (see Molina)

pɑhpɑːti
Orthographic Variants: 
pahpāti

to melt, dissolve, be consumed (see Karttunen)

pɑpɑhtiɑ

to repair something; or, to correct a piece of writing; or, to fix something that was poorly made or badly done (see Molina)

pɑpɑtɬɑ

to undo or erase what others have said or done; or, to barter or swap things or move or remove things that have been put in order; or, to rest while others are working (see Molina)

1. to change s.t., after all. 2. to change s.o’s clothing, after all.
pɑpɑtɬɑkɑ

to flutter, tremble
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), 229.