Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

yeyecahuilia.

Headword: 
yeyecahuilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to cast a shadow on others by standing in front of them (see Molina); to obscure something (see Thouvenot, 2015, 467)

Orthographic Variants: 
yeyecauilia
Alonso de Molina: 

yeyecauilia. nitla. (pret. onitetlayeyecauili.) hazer sombra a otros, poniendose delante dellos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.