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Letter P: Displaying 521 - 540 of 1591

patlahua.

pɑtɬɑːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
patlaua
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patlāhua.

1. to extend a folded, rolled up or wound up thing on the ground. 2. to hang wet clothing out to dry.
# 1. Nic. Una persona tiende en el suelo una cosa que esta doblado o enrrollado. “Juan siempre tiende el petate para que duerma su hijo y en la mañana lo arrolla. 2. nic. Una persona cuelga la ropa que esta mojada porque quiere que se seque. “Sabi, tiende tu ropa y después vas a moler porque ya va a venir tu papá”.
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patlahuac.

pɑtɬɑːwɑk
Orthographic Variants: 
patlauac

wide, a measure of width; something wide, spreading, broad
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.

when a parcel has two dimensions, forming a rectangle, the "patlahuac" side is generally the shorter side

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patlāhuac.

s.t. flat and wide.
# Una cosa que es ancho. “Aquella petate está es muy ancho no lo vamos a usar porque ese lo pueden usar los niños”.
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patlahualiztli.

pɑtɬɑːwɑlistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
patlaualiztli
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patlāhuiliā.

to hang clothing or plastic sheeting out to dry for s.o.
# Nic. Una persona desdobla su ropa a otra persona o una cosa de alguien y lo pone en un lugar. “La falda de mi mujer lo tiende en el sol porque quiere que se seque y después ponerselo”.
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patlalilia.

pɑhtɬɑːliliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
pahtlāliliā

to recover with the aid of medicine; to cure someone, to administer medicine to someone (see Karttunen)

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patlanalli.

flight
Tlahtolnechikolli: Diccionario Nawatl Moderno/Español de Zongolica, Veracruz, ed. Eutiquio Gerónimo Seanchez, et al. (n.d.).

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patlanaltia.

pɑtɬɑːnɑltiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
patlānaltiā

to make something fly (See Karttunen)

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patlānāltiā.

1. to throw a young or sick bird into the air so it will fly. 2. to throw s.t. light up in the air so the wind will take it away.
# Nic. Una persona avienta un pájaro chiquito o que está un poco lastimado para que vuele. “Joaquín hace volar un tordo que estaba lastimado y lo había agarrado”. 2. Nic. Una persona avienta una cosa para que lo lleve el viento otra parte. “Leobardo hace de volar un nailo bien arriba y se mira bien bonito”. 3. Nic. Una persona hace que suba arriba un papalote cuando hace viento”.
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patlani.

pɑtɬɑːni

to fly

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.

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patlāni.

1. for a winged animal to fly. 2. to be carried away by the wind.
# 1.Animal silvestre y animal doméstico mueve las alas para subir arriba. “Ese gavilán nada más vino a agarrar un pollito y se fue volando. 2. Una cosa que no es pesada lo sube el viento hacia arriba y lo lleva a otra parte. “Ese papel vuela muy alto porque no es pesado y hace mucho viento”. 3. El papalote lo lleva el viento arriba. “Juan su papalote vuela bonito aya arriba y no se cae”.
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patlanqui.

wide (speaking of the ear)

(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), 113.

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patlantinemi.

pɑtɬɑːntinemi
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patlaxima.

pɑtɬɑʃimɑ
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patli tlatlalililli.

Orthographic Variants: 
pahtli tlatlalililli
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patli.

pɑhtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
pahtli

medicine, generally; plaster, unguent (see Molina); often an herb or herbs with medicinal value; a great many herbs end in -patli or -pahtli (with the glottal stop), and some will have their own dictionary entries (SW)

1. pill. 2. herbal medicine. 3. fertilizer. 4. herbicide. 5. pesticide.
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pato.

Orthographic Variants: 
patos, patox

duck
(a loanword from Spanish)

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patō.

1. to walk around in circles (sometimes due to nervousness). 2. to shuffle.
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patoa.

pɑtoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
patuva
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