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P

Letter P: Displaying 821 - 840 of 1591
piɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
pie, piye, piya

to hold, guard, have, keep; to observe (when it appears in front of a reference to a festival or an order for something to be observed); to maintain chastity and celibacy (mopia)

Orthographic Variants: 
piaciuhtoc eecatl

for there to be a subtle and delicate breeze (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
pielia

to owe; to keep for someone; to guard something

Orthographic Variants: 
piallatolli

words that are kept a secret (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
piyalli

tenancy, possession; that which is guarded, kept; something left on deposit (see Molina, Lockhart, and attestations)

to have someone keep something, to lend something to someone

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.

Orthographic Variants: 
piazuia

a slanted bell (see Molina; partly a loanword from Spanish, campana, bell)

the folding or the thick lips of the genitals of a woman (see Molina)

piːkkɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
pīccatl

a wrapping (See Karttunen)

piːtʃɑkiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
pīchaquiā

to humble oneself; to humble someone, to bring someone (See Karttunen)

stiff with cold, or dead from the cold (see Molina)

piːtʃeːwɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
pīchēhuatl, pitzehuatl

skin, complexion (see Karttunen)

tankard
(a loanword from Spanish)