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Letter T: Displaying 9081 - 9100 of 13569

tlapoxcahuillotl.

tɬɑpoʃkɑwiːlloːtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

tlapoxcahuīllōtl

moss (see karttunen)

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tlapoyahua.

tɬɑpoyɑːwɑ

Orthographic Variants:

tlapoyaua

to be getting dark

Louise M. Burkhart, Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies Monograph 13 (Albany: University at Albany, 2001), 43.

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tlapoyahualiztli.

tɬɑpojɑːwɑlistɬi

Orthographic Variants:

tlapoyaualiztli

tone, hue, or nuance in painting; or, the act of clarifying what is painted (see Molina)

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tlapoyahuallotl.

tɬɑpojɑːwɑlloːtɬ

Orthographic Variants:

tlapoyauallotl

tone, hue, or nuance in painting; or, the act of clarifying what is painted (see Molina)

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tlapoyāhui.

for night to fall.

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tlapoyauhcān.

at nightfall.

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tlapoyeliani.

tɬɑpojeːliɑːni

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tlapoyeliliztli.

tɬɑpojeːliːlistɬi

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tlapoyelilli.

tɬɑpojeːliːlli

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tlapoyēltiliā.

to salt s.o. else’s food.

# nic/nitla. Una persona le echa o le echa poquita sal la comida de otro para que se haga sabroso. “Santos cuando mata su tío siempre va a echarle sal la carne para que no se eche a perder.

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