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xocotezpol.

Orthographic Variants:

xocotespul, xocotezpul, xocotespol

one who walks with difficulty, like a heavy person, like a pregnant woman (see attestations)

the name of a month of twenty days
James Lockhart, We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico, Repertorium Columbianum v. 1 (Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1993), 178.

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xocotl.

ʃokotɬ

Orthographic Variants:

xucotl

hog plum; a sour fruit; or, fruit in general
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), 241.

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xocotla.

ʃokotɬɑh

Orthographic Variants:

xocotlah

a place where fruit abounds (see Karttunen)

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xocotzincuauhyotl.

Orthographic Variants:

xocotzinquauhyotl

the stem of a fruit (see Molina)

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xocoya.

ʃokoyɑ

to become acidic or sour (see Molina)

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xocoya.

for a food left standing for a long time become bitter tasting.

# Comida, maíz y masa se hace agrio porque hace mucho calor. “Celia calienta esa comida por que no se agrie.”

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xocoyac niquiputza.

to belch because of indigestion (see Molina)

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xocoyac.

ʃokohjɑːk

an unpleasant (acidic) smell, such as a belch or the like (see Molina)

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xocoyaliztli.

ʃokohjɑlistɬi

acidity or such like (see Molina)

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xocoyiliā.

1. to let food get sour either by letting it sit or by not heating it. 2. to heat cracked corn or let it sit out for a day and get sour in order make corn gruel.

# 1. Persona no guardo o no calentó la comida y se hace agrio. “Sandra agrio la comida de frijoles de su tía porque no lo calentó temprano.” 2. Persona pone maíz a la orilla del fuego o en el sol para que se haga agrio porque quiere hacer atole. “mi mama hace agrio maíz y ahora quedo muy rico el atole.”

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