celiya. | Nahuatl Dictionary

celiya.

Headword:

celiya

Principal English Translation:

to catch fire; for plants to sprout, to blossom (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling:

seliyɑ

Frances Karttunen:

CELIY(A) pret: CELIYAC -CELIZ to catch fire; for plants to sprout, to blossom / prender, brotar, o retoñecer la planta (M) See CEL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 29.

Attestations from sources in English:

celiz = it blossomed
Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 71.

IDIEZ morfema:

celiya.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés:

for a plant or tree to sprout.

IDIEZ def. náhuatl:

Chachamaca xihuitl. “Ne alaxoxcuahuitl celiya pampa xochiyohuazza. ”

IDIEZ def. español:

A. retoña la yerba. “Ese árbol de naranja reverdese porque ya va a florecer” B. reverdeser.

IDIEZ morfología:

cel, i2, ya1.

IDIEZ gramática:

tlach2.