T | Nahuatl Dictionary

to drag wooden beams or heavy stones (see Molina); or, just to drag something (see, for example, Xochitlahuilan, a personal name glyph in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, f. 659r.)

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tlahuilanalli.

tɬɑwilɑːnɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

tlahuillanalli

something dragged along -- often in possessed form, meaning the dependency of something, especially of an indigenous municipality

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), 236.

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tlahuilanque.

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilanque

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tlahuilanqui.

tɬɑwilɑːnki

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilanqui

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tlahuilantiquixtilli.

tɬɑwilɑntikiːʃtilli

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilantiquixtilli

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tlahuilantli.

tɬɑwilɑːntɬi

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilantli

a beam or stone that is dragged (see Molina); or, something dragged (see, for example, Xochitlahuilan, the personal name glyph in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, f. 569r).

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tlahuilcalli.

tɬɑːwilkɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilcalli

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tlahuilcuahuitl.

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilquauitl, tlahuilquahuitl

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tlahuilia.

tɬɑːwiliɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilia

to light one's way with a candle

Susanne Klaus, Uprooted Christianity: The Preaching of the Christian Doctrine in Mexico, Based on Franciscan Sermons of the 16th Century Written in Nahuatl (Bonn: Bonner Amerikanistische Studien e. V. c/o Seminar für Völkerkunde, Universität Bonn, 1999), 243.

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tlahuilia.

Orthographic Variants:

tlauilia

to throw light on someone with a candle

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tlāhuiliā.

1. to light one’s s.o.’s way. 2. to shine a light where s.o. is working. 3. to become godparents of those who will wed.

A. 1. Una persona va llevando un foco o vela en el camino para que vaya aluzando y así puede caminar alguien. “Yo voy aluzandote tu camino para que no te caigas”. 2. Una persona se su madrina y su padrino los que se casan. “Cuando se casó uno de mis sobrinos yo fui su padrino”. B. 1. Aluzar a alguien con algo. 2. Apadrinar a alguien.

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