Q

Letter Q: Displaying 341 - 360 of 610
ketsɑltew

in the manner of quetzal feathers, as something very precious (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzalteçolocton

Green-winged Teal, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

to shine with precious stones and gems and other precious items that one might be adorned with (see Molina)

the quetzal bird, prized for its long green feathers; this word can also stand for the feathers themselves; typically, the birds and the feathers were obtained through trade/tributes from peoples in Central America

For a beautiful photo of a quetzaltototl, see this one hosted by Mexicolore:
https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/images-6/613_01_2.jpg

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzaltzontecomaio

golden banners decorated with quetzal bird feathers (see Mikulska, citing the Florentine Codex)

the name of a girl who died at Mount Tepetzinco, in or near Mexico Tenochtitlan; the location of the death was a site where child sacrifices (called "human banners," or tlacatetehuitl) were made to the rain deities; her paper vestments were blue

Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 2 -- The Ceremonies, No. 14, Part III, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1951), 43.

branches of this plant were used for making a medicine aimed at curing a weakness of the hands

Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 39 [26r.].

ketsiloɑ

to go up on one's toes (see Molina), to stand on tiptoes

to walk quickly; or, to run along on tip toes (see Molina)

kehtsomɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
quehtzoma

to bite something, someone (See Karttunen)

ketsontɬi

the long hair on the neck (see Molina)

to build, construct

Orthographic Variants: 
quetzuma

to bite or give bites (see Molina)

in a certain way, in that way.
keʃɑhpɑːstɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
quexahpāztli

large earthenware tub (See Karttunen)

keʃiːliwi
Orthographic Variants: 
quexīlihui

to suffer pain in the groin (See Karttunen)

for a woman to have a kind of hernia next to her genitals.