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Letter Y: Displaying 1 - 8 of 8

y.

and
(a loanword from Spanish)

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ybagelizta.

Evangelista
(a loanword from Spanish)

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yecamecayo cahuallo.

Orthographic Variants: 
yecamecayo cauallo

a horse muzzle or chin strap (see Molina)
(partly a Spanish loanword, caballo, horse)

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yegua.

Orthographic Variants: 
yehua

mare
(a loanword from Spanish)

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yeitilitzin dios.

the trinity of God (see Molina)
(partly a loanword from Spanish, dios, God)

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yoli animan.

life force plus the Spanish loanword ánima (soul, spirit), equating to the Christian sense of soul

Stafford Poole, C.M., "Christian Terms in Nahuatl," n.p., n.d.

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yoliyaanima.

Orthographic Variants: 
yoliyaánima

soul

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yunta.

Orthographic Variants: 
yonta, yota, yotan, yontas

a yoke (of oxen); or, a measure of land, perhaps the amount a yoke of oxen could plow
(a loanword from Spanish)

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