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Letter T: Displaying 10181 - 10200 of 13479
tɬɑtɬiːleːwtok
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlīlēuhtoc

for something to be so far away that it appears as a dark object (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlilhuauanaliztli
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlilhuauanani
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tlatlilhuauanqui
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tlatlilhuauantli
place covered with soot.

to make a smudge, mess up a painting

Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 124–125.

tɬɑhtoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoa, tlatoua, tlahtohua, tlatohua

to speak; to issue proclamations and commands (and, therefore, to govern); to supervise or direct something; also, for birds to chatter, chirp, sing

tɬɑhtoɑːni
Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoani, tlatuani, tlahtuani, tlahtohuani, tlatohuani

ruler ("one who speaks"), dignitary, judge, speaker, great lord, king; also used in reference to various high Spanish officials.
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), 238.

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca icpallalia

to set up a platform (for a ruler?) (see Molina)

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tlahtoca icpalli

a royal seat, an indigenous ruler's throne, etc. (see Molina)

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tlahtoca icpalteca

to put up a platform or throne for the indigenous ruler (see Molina)

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tlahtoca icuilolli

a person who is counted in the census, who appears in the ruler's tribute records (see Molina)

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tlahtoca necentlaliliztli

a royal court or gathering of indigenous lords and rulers (see Molina)