T | Nahuatl Dictionary

to destroy or carry out a conquest against lands and peoples
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), 237.

See full entry.

tlalpoloani.

tɬɑːlpoloɑːni

a conqueror or destroyer of lands and people (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlalpololiztli.

tɬɑːlpoloːlistɬi

conquest of people by destroying towns (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlalpololli.

conquered or destroyed land (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlālpopoxcān.

for there to be a lot of dust in a certain place.

See full entry.

tlalpopoxoa.

tɬɑːlpohpoʃoɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tlālpohpoxoā

to roll about in the dirt as birds do (see Karttunen)

See full entry.

tlālpotectli.

dust.

See full entry.

tlālpotecyoh.

for s.t. to be covered with dust.

See full entry.

tlalpotoctli.

tɬɑːlpotoktɬi

mist or steam from the ground (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlalpotoni.

tɬɑːlpotoːni

Orthographic Variants:

tlālpotōni

to make dust (see Karttunen)

See full entry.

tlalpotza.

tɬɑːlpoːtsɑ

Orthographic Variants:

tlālpōtza

to throw up earth, to burrow (see Karttunen)

See full entry.

tlalpouhqui.

tɬɑːlpoːwki

measurer of lands, or properties (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlālpoxāhua.

to dig with a hoe where one wants to plant crops.

# ni. Una persona desborona la tierra con el azadón porque quiere sembrar algo que se come ahí. “Mi papá se fue a la milpa porque quiere desboronar la tierra hoy y mañana va a sembrar el fríjol”.

See full entry.

tlālpoxāhuiliā.

to dig with a hoe on s.o. else’s field in order to plant crops.

See full entry.

tlalquequetzal.

the juice of this was used to make a treatment for improving the skin on the face

Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 37 [24r.].

See full entry.

tlalquimiloa.

tɬɑːlkimiloɑ

to cover something with earth, or to cover thistles with earth (see Molina)

See full entry.

tlalquiquinaquiliztli.

a roar, or noise of people in war (see Molina)

See full entry.