C / CH | Nahuatl Dictionary

Letter C/CH: Displaying 1961 - 1980 of 5704

chiamapatzcac.

one who extracts oil from chia seeds, the oil maker (see Molina)

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chiamatl.

Orthographic Variants:

chiematl

oil made from chia seeds (see Molina)

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Chiapan.

a place name, the place of chia (plant, seed); an important example of a place with this name would be the contemporary Chiapas state

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chiauhcoatl.

a certain snake or serpent

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one of the boundaries of the Nonohualca of Tollan (Tula)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, 4v. Taken from the image of the folio published in Dana Leibsohn, Script and Glyph: Pre-Hispanic History, Colonial Bookmaking, and the Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2009), 65. Paleography and regularization of this toponym by Stephanie Wood.

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chicactic.

tʃikɑktik

Orthographic Variants:

chicauac

something tough and strong; or, an elderly person

fruit or other objects that are very hard.

#cosa fruta que no se ablanda cuando se madura. “plátano quedo duro unos porque le cayo granizo.”

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chicahua.

tʃikɑːwɑ

Orthographic Variants:

chicaua

to give health, strength; strengthen; to confirm; to enforce; or, for a human or an animal to become mature or aged

root of CHICĀHUAC and CHICĀHUALIZTLI. 1. for s.t. to become hard. 2. to become strong. 3. for a person to become old.

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chicāhua2.

1. to cure s.o. of an illness. 2. to ready oneʻs body for lifting a heavy object.

# 1. nic. se va madurando o se va secando el bigote de la fruta la que esta en su árbol. “mandaron a los alumnos que cortaran jícaras nadamas lo que ya esta macizo”. 2. nic. el doctor y el sobandero cura a alguien. “el sobandero de Huitzapolli el curo a mi papá cuando se había lastimado”. 3. nimo. Un apersona hace duro su cuerpo cuando quiere levantar algo pesado. “cuando le cargamos coztal el caballo yo primero me hago un poco fuerte y después lo levanto”.

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