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chicōltic.

Headword: 
chicoltic
Principal English Translation: 

something crooked; a doodle

IPAspelling: 
tʃihkoːltik
Alonso de Molina: 

chicoltic. cosa tuerta como garauato.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 20r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CHIHCŌLTIC something bent, twisted, bowed / cosa tuerca como garabato (M), torcido, chueco, desparejo, de lado (Z) See CHIHCŌLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 51.

IDIEZ morfema: 
chicōltic.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
crooked tree or stick.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Nouhquiya CHIHCOLTIC. Cuahuitl tlen axcanah xitlahuac. “Na niquillia Elpidio tictzontectozquiah ne tiocuahuitl pampa mozcaltia chicoltic huan teipan axcanah hueliz tictequihuiah. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
chicōlli, ti1, cā.
IDIEZ gramática: 
quen.
Audio for Headword: 

chicōltic

tlahtolli: 
chicōltic
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Eduardo de la Cruz Cruz
data_set_date: 
41081