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Letter Z: Displaying 1 - 20 of 639

-z.

a suffix or ending that indicates the future tense
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), 242.

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-zazaliuhyo.

-sɑːsɑːliwyoː
Orthographic Variants: 
-zāzāliuhyō

one’s joint (only possessed) (see Karttunen)

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-zazalol.

-sɑːsɑːloːl
Orthographic Variants: 
-zāzālōl

one’s joint (only attested in possessed form) (see Karttunen)

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-zol.

Orthographic Variants: 
çol.

old, worn out, wretched (a compounding element; see also our entry for -zolli)

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-zolli.

-solli
Orthographic Variants: 
-çolli, -çulli, -zoltzintli

something old, used, worn, in bad condition (see Karttunen and Carochi/Lockhart)

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-zoquio.

Orthographic Variants: 
-çoquio

mud or clay belonging to something
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), 216.

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-zquia.

was going to do something (but it didn't happen) (conditional suffix)

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z1.

letter “z”.
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z2.

1. future tense suffix. 2. suffix for verbs that are the object of a preceding verb.
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za cemi.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça cemi

finally, or just this once, or as a farewell (adverb)

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za cemmayan.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça cemmayan

finally, or just this once, or as a farewell (adverb)

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za cen yequixoa intlalticpac.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça cen yequixoa intlalticpac

we have but one life to live on this earth, without returning to live on it again

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za ic ninocahua.

Orthographic Variants: 
za ic ninocaua, ça ic ninocaua

the end or conclusion of something said or done (see Molina)

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za ica in.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça ica in

right away

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za iuhticac.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça iuhticac

a house that is deserted or left undefended, not inhabited

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za ixquichcahuitl.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça yxquichcauitly, za ixquichcahuitli

just a little space of time, or a little later, a little afterwards

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za iyo.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça yyo

only this, or just this one, or this is all there is, this is the only one left

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za iyoppa.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça iyoppa

only this time and never again, this is the last time

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za iz.

Orthographic Variants: 
ça iz

here nearby, or just a little while ago, just now (an adverb)

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za nelli.

Orthographic Variants: 
zanelli, ça nelli

certainly, truly

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