C / CH

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Orthographic Variants: 
cuicaamatl

a song book, or a singer (see Molina)

to harmonize the voices of those who sing (usually done by the maestro of the chapel)

kwiːkɑ

to sing

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 216.

to repeat, swear, state (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuicacali

house of songs, where there were rulers of the youths, overseeing dancing (see Sahagún)

to sing off key or out of synch

to sing off key, to sing out of tune

the act of singing a song out of tune or off key

the singer who begins or raises the song (see Molina)

kwiːkɑihtoɑ

to begin or raise a song (see Molina); to give the pitch for the song (see Sahagún)

the beginning or raising of a song

to bring singers in tune, to give them the pitch

to bring singers in tune, to give them the pitch

kwiːkɑni
Orthographic Variants: 
cuycani

a singer (plural: cuicanime)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 216.

any bird that sings a lot (see Molina), a song bird

kwiːkɑpikki

a composer of songs (see Molina)

kwiːkɑpiki

to compose a work of music

kwiːkɑtiɑː

to give music to others; to perform music (see Karttunen); to sing for others (see attestations)

kwiːkɑtilistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
cuīcatiliztli

song (see Karttunen)

kwiːkɑtɬ

song(s), singing; music
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 216.

the composer of song (see Molina)