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Letter Q: Displaying 321 - 340 of 617

quetzalaztatzontli.

ketsɑlɑstɑtsontɬi

heron-feather headdress (see attestations)

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quetzalchalchihuitl.

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalchalchiuitl

precious greenstone (the color of quetzal feathers) or blue stone (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

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Quetzalchapopotl.

a name, attested for a woman in 16th-c. Tlaxcala (see attestations)

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quetzalcoatl.

ketsɑlkoːɑːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalcouatl, quetzalcohuatl

a type of snake; also, a personal name (Quetzal-Feather Serpent); a deity or divine force; a high priest (see below)

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quetzalcuacuahuitl.

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalquaquauitl, quetzalquaquahuitl

quetzal feather horns
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.

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quetzalhuaqui.

one who possesses quetzal birds (?), an occupation found in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, such as on folio 833 recto (SW)

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quetzalhuitolihui.

ketsɑlwiːtoːliwi
Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalhuītōlihui

to twist, writhe in the manner of quetzal plumes (See Karttunen)

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quetzalhuitzilin.

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalhuyjtzilin, quetzalhuytzilin, quetzalhuitzitzilin, quetzalhoitzitzilin

Garnet-throated Hummingbird (see Hunn, attestations)

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quetzalilacatzihui.

ketsɑlilɑkɑtsiwi

to weave in and out in the manner of quetzal plumage (See Karttunen)

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quetzalitztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzaliztli

an "emerald" (see Molina), or a type of greenstone or a green obsidian blade, given that -itztli refers to obsidian blades and they have have a gray or a green tint (SW)

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quetzalli.

ketsɑlli

the feathers of the quetzal bird (see Karttunen and Molina), a trogon with long green tail feathers (see Molina)

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quetzallotl.

plumage

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quetzalmacopili.

quetzal feather arm band

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.

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quetzalmacpanitl.

ketsɑlmɑːkpɑnitɬ

quetzal feather banner held in the hand

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.

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quetzalmamazo.

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalmamazoh

arrows with precious feather fletching

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, translated here from the French to English by Stephanie Wood. https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/quetzalmamazo

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quetzalmixquitl.

a cactus plant with large leaves that looked like feathers
Patrizia Granziera, "Concept of the Garden in Pre-Hispanic Mexico," Garden History 29:2 (Winter 2001), 185–213.

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quetzalpamitl.

a banner with quetzal feathers (see attestations)

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quetzalpanecayotl.

a quetzal feather headdress (see attestations)

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quetzalpanitl.

a flag or banner decorated with green quetzal feathers (see Mikulska)

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quetzalpatzactli.

a quetzal feather crest device (see the Florentine Codex); also the name of a deity (see Alva's guide to confession)

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