T | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter T: Displaying 10901 - 10920 of 13479

tlaxilacaleque.

Orthographic Variants:

huehuetque, tlaxilacalleque, tlaxillacaleque

citizens of the tlaxilacalli or authorities of the tlaxilacalli (plural of tlaxilacale)

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tlaxilacalli.

tɬɑʃilɑkɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

tlaxillacalli, tlacilacalli

ward, division, subdistrict of an altepetl; in Spanish: barrio

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tlaxilacalyacanqui.

a person who leads the tlaxilacalli; plural, tlaxilacalyacanque (see attestations)

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tlaxilia.

tɬɑːʃiliɑː

to throw at or to (applicative of tlāça)

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), 239.

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tlaxillotia.

tɬɑʃilloːtiɑ

underpin or support something; or, to block the door with a strut (see Molina)

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tlaxillotl.

tɬɑʃilloːtɬ

a strut for propping something up (see Molina)

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tlaxīlōquīza.

for baby ears of corn to appear on all the corn plants in a field.

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tlaxima.

tɬɑʃiːmɑ

to practice carpentry (see Molina)

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tlaximalli.

tɬɑʃiːmɑlli

hewn timber, beams; wood chips; wood shavings; splinters

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tlaximaloni.

tɬɑʃiːmɑloːni

a adze, a carpenter's tool; a howell, a cooper's tool (see Molina)

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tlaximaltepoztli.

Orthographic Variants:

tlaximaltepuztli

a hatchet for working wood

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tlaximaltepoztontli.

Orthographic Variants:

tlaximaltepuztontli

a small hatchet for working wood (see Molina); the -tepoz- component suggests copper; the -tontli suffix adds the diminutive meaning; thus, the tlaximaltepoztli could be a regular-sized hatchet for cutting wood (SW)

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