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Letter T: Displaying 8601 - 8620 of 13569

tlapahuiloni.

tɬɑpɑhwiloːni

Orthographic Variants:

tlapahhuilōni

poison (see Karttunen)

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tlapal huino.

Orthographic Variants:

tlapal vino

red wine (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine)

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tlapal.

a little man (see attestations)

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tlapalāni.

for all the fruits or vegetables to spoil.

# Una fruta o verdura lo que se da se madura en su árbol, cuando se pasa de madura empieza a tirarse su cáscara.”¿Mari me podrías vender unos cuantos mangos?, aquellos ya no sirven todos se han echado a perder”.

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tlapalantli.

tɬɑpɑlɑːntɬi

Orthographic Variants:

tlapalāntli

rot, filth, manure (see Karttunen); fertilizer

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tlapalaquia.

tɬɑpɑlɑkiɑ

Orthographic Variants:

tlapalaquia

to apply colors onto that which is being painted (see Molina)

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tlapalcoliuhqui.

tɬɑpɑlkoliwki

a special cloak with a "vertical red band enclosing a step-fret design"
Frances Berdan and Patricia Rieff Anawalt, The Essential Codex Mendoza (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997), vol. 2, 61.

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tlapalcui.

to gather dye

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tlapale.

one who has colors; perhaps one who knows writing and painting; or, someone who is strong
See the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tlapale/27716, citing a source from Meyacapan in 2002, and https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tlapale/70748, the latter citing A. Wimmer, 2004.

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