T | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter T: Displaying 1881 - 1900 of 13472

tenexoā.

for the sun to make s.t.’s color fade.

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tenexpololli.

teneʃpoloːlli

a kind of paste or mixture of lime recently made (see Molina)

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tenextetl.

teneʃtetɬ

limestone (see Molina)

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# 1. Una cosa que se parece como una ceniza. “El pollo de Delia se ve bonito sus plumas de color gris”. 2. Un tipo de ropa que se ya se opacó. “Mi camisa ya se opacó porque mi mamá lo lava con jabón de polvo”.

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tenextic.

teneʃtik

something gray, leaden (see Karttunen); the color gray

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tenextiliztli.

teːneːʃtiːlistɬi

the act of discovering or summoning another person (see Molina)

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tenextlati.

a person who burns or makes lime (from limestone) (see Molina)

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tenextlatia.

teneʃtɬɑtiɑ

to fire up a lime kiln (see Molina)

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tenextlatiani.

teneʃtɬɑtiɑːni

one who fires up the lime kiln (see Molina)

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tenextlatiloyan.

teneʃtɬɑtiːloːjɑːn

the place where lime is made from limestone (see Molina)

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tenextli.

root of TENEXIHUI and TENEXTIC. quicklime.

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tenextli.

teneʃtɬi

lime (from burned or slaked limestone) (see Molina and Karttunen); this is a compound of te- (from tetl) and nextli (ashes), which fairly clearly points to burned stone, in this case limestone, called cal in Spanish, and used in construction (for stucco) and for making tortillas; this may be the root for nixtamal, but see nextli

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