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Letter Q: Displaying 221 - 240 of 617

quēnhuac.

1. like, as if (comparison). 2. it seems that...., it’s most probable that....

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quenhuel.

Orthographic Variants:

quen huel

how lucky!
James Lockhart (The Nahuas, 1992, 120) translates a person name from the Cuernavaca region censuses (1535–1545), "Quenhueltehuantin," as "How Lucky We Are."

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quenin cenca huei.

Orthographic Variants:

quenin cenca uey, quenin cenca huey

how large is it?

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quenin.

keːnin

how? what? in what way?; in what manner?; how, what

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Quenitoloctzin.

What's-His-Name
James Lockhart (The Nahuas, 1992, 121) saw this personal name, "Quenitoloctzin," in the censuses of Culhuacan, c. 1580, and translated it "Whats-His-Name."

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quēniuhcāpān.

how much (cuantities that can’t be counted).

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# También QUENIUHQUITIC. Una palabra que usa una persona para preguntar que color es una cosa que está en otro lado. “Yo le dije a mi esposo ¿que color de camisa te lo vas a poner cuando va a ver baile en la casa de hermano?, y me dijo, la misma camisa, ya vez no tengo otra”.

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