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cacalatza.

Headword: 
cacalatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to make a noise shaking nuts or something similar; or, opening and closing boxes or doors or windows (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑkɑlɑtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cacalatza. nitla. (pret. onitlacacalatz.) hazer ruido reboluiendo xicalas, o nuezes, o cosas semejantes. o abriendo y cerrando caxas, caxones, o puertas y ventanas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 10v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CACALATZ(A) vt to cause something to make a rattling noise / hacer ruido revolviendo jícaras, o nueces, o cosas semejantes; o abriendo y cerrando cajas, cajones, o puertas y ventanas (M) See CACALACA, CALĀN(I). CACALATZALŌ nonact. CACALATZ(A)
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 19.

IDIEZ morfema: 
cacalatza.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
1. to shake s.t. hollow that filled with small things and thus produce noise. 2. for restless hens to make the sound of beating their wings when they can’t find where to lay their eggs.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
1. nic. Macehualli quitzitzilitza ce tlamantli cacahuatic tlen quipiya tetl zo cuayollotl iihtico. “Conemeh quemman mahuiltiah quicuih ce chopi huan quitemiliah cintli pampa quinequih quicacalatzazceh. ” 2. tla. Caquizti chicahuac quemman piyomeh tlen quinequi tlamayohuizceh canahya pehua mopapatlatza. “Juana itenanpiyo axcanah quinequi calaquiz campa tlamayohuih pampa zan tlacacalatzah. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
A. nic. Una persona hace ruido con una cosa.”Niños cuando juegan agarran una botalla y le hechan maíz porque quieren hacer ruido”.
IDIEZ morfología: 
calāniā (tlaomp. ).
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlach2.