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Family Flashcards

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elder brother; leader of youths (see Karttunen); also, a constable (see Sahagiºn) {CN}

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achcauhtli

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great-grandfather, ancestor (see Karttunen) {CN}

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achcolli

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an unusual word meaning great-grandmother {CN}

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achpilli

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for couples to separate or leave each other many times; or for some people to pass others on the road (see Molina) {CN}

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cacahua

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to leave something for a relative (nic.); to leave for oneself something from a group of things being distributed to others (nicno.) (see Molina) {CN}

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cahuia

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the [leading] woman in the house (see attestations) {CN}

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caliticcihuatl

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a resident, inhabitant, occupant

(ca. 1540, Cuernavaca)
[Fuente: Ismael Di­az Cadena, “Libro de tributos del Marquesado del Valle. Texto en espai±ol y ni¡huatl, “ Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologi­a e Historia, Cuadernos de la Biblioteca, Serie Investigacion no. 5, pp. 12, 54.] {CN}

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callacatl

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occupant, inhabitant, resident

(ca. 1540, Cuernavaca)
[Fuente: Ismael Di­az Cadena, “Libro de tributos del Marquesado del Valle. Texto en espai±ol y ni¡huatl, “ Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologi­a e Historia, Cuadernos de la Biblioteca, Serie Investigacion no. 5, pp. 12, 52.] {CN}

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calnenqui

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married to 
 (a loanword from Spanish, casado, combined with the Nahuatl ica, through it, etc.)

[Fuente: Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 34.] {CN}

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casado ica

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to leave one’s memory statement, or to make a testament (see Molina) {CN}

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cauhtia

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the children of a woman or of a womb, even when born individually (see Molina) {CN}

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cemitime

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a relative, brother or sister (see Molina) {CN}

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cetlacayo

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one of the names given to a little baby girl whose mother had died in childbirth

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
[Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 6 – Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy, No. 14, Part 7, 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, 1961), chapter 29.] {CN}

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Chamotzin

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to wean a child (see Molina) {CN}

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chichihualcahualtia

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widow (see Karttunen) {CN}

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cihuacahualli

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“woman-house” (possibly a common room) – probably a civil category of property, possibly part of a woman’s dowry

[Fuente: S. L. Cline, Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 235. See also Sarah Cline, “The Testaments of Culhuacan, “ in James Lockhart, Lisa Sousa, and Stephanie Wood, eds., Sources and Methods for the Study of Postconquest Mesoamerican Ethnohistory (Eugene, OR: Wired Humanities Project, e-book, 2007.] {CN}

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cihuacalli

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to get married (speaking of a man) (see Molina) {CN}

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cihuahuatia

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female cousin (see Karttunen) {CN}

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cihuaicniuhtli

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daughter-in-law

[Fuente: 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), 215.] {CN}

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cihuamon

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to take a daughter-in-law, seeing one’s son married (see Molina) {CN}

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cihuamontia

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woman gifts {CN}

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cihuanemactli

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a girl, a baby girl (see Sahagiºn, attestations) {CN}

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cihuapiltontli

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female little creature; a girl, a baby girl (see Vidas y bienes) {CN}

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cihuatlachihualli

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to seek or gain a woman for marriage (see Sahagiºn) {CN}

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cihuatlani

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grandfather, ancestor(s), forebear(s) (see Karttunen, Lockhart, and attestations) {CN}

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colli

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the father of one’s child-in-law, one’s fellow father-in-law
(a loanword from Spanish)

[Fuente: Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 248.] {CN}

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consuegro

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grandchild (generally female child) {CN}

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cuhtzintli

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brother-in-law

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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cui±ado

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a wife; also, when plural, can mean handcuffs

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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esposa

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sister
(a loanword from Spanish)

[Fuente: 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), 217.] {CN}

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hermana

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brother

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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hermano

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to raise, bring up someone (such as children); to grow, grow up; to gain in strength

[Fuente: 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), 217.] {CN}

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huapahua

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patrimonial house {CN}

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huehuecalli

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the elders, seniors, old people (see attestations) {CN}

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huehuetque

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orphan

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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huerfano

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younger brother (see Karttunen) {CN}

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iccauhtli

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bastard children, born outside of wedlock (see Molina) {CN}

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ichtaca cocone

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to give someone a hand, so that they might escape; to help someone get away (see Molina) {CN}

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ichtacaquixtia

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to make someone become a widow (see Molina) {CN}

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icno oquichtilia

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40
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humble {CN}

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icno-

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to cause a woman to become a widow (see Molina) {CN}

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icnocihuatilia

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a widower (literally, unfortunate/orphaned man; with the added connotation of his being worthy of compassion) (see Molina) {CN}

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icnooquichtli

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43
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to become an orphan (see Molina) {CN}

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icnopiltia

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to make someone an orphan or poor (see Molina) {CN}

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icnopiltilia

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big brother

(ca. 1540, Cuernavaca)
[Fuente: Ismael Di­az Cadena, “Libro de tributos del Marquesado del Valle. Texto en espai±ol y ni¡huatl, “ Biblioteca Nacional de Antropologi­a e Historia, Cuadernos de la Biblioteca, Serie Investigacion no. 5, pp. 11, 52.] {CN}

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icpol

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46
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my younger brother, or sister (said by an older sister) (see Molina) {CN}

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icuh

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younger sister, cousin {CN}

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icutli

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48
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fellow parent-in-law (consuegro)

[Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood’s notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

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ihuexiuh

49
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to sip something (see Molina); to sip, suck, drink something (see Karttunen) {CN}

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iltequi

50
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an heir (see Molina) {CN}

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itechcahualotiuh

51
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to raise (as in a child), to educate (see Molina, Karttunen, and Lockhart) {CN}

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izcaltia

52
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mother

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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madre

53
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to get married, or to join hands; to marry other people or join their hands (see Molina) {CN}

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manepanoa

54
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the boy is growing up (see Molina) {CN}

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mantiuh

55
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matrimony, marriage

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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matrimonio

56
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child of a slave

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
[Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 – The People, No. 14, Part 11, 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, 1961), 2.] {CN}

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mecaconetl

57
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child of a slave

(central Mexico, sixteenth century)
[Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 – The People, No. 14, Part 11, 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, 1961), 2.] {CN}

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mecapilli

58
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an orphan; a stepdaughter (see Karttunen) {CN}

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miccacahualli

59
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all of the same family; brothers and sisters

[Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood’s notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

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mochyehua

60
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father-in-law

[Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood’s notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

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montatzia

61
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son-in-law, daughter-in-law (see Karttunen) {CN}

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montiqui

62
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to acquire a man [husband]

[Fuente: Sarah Cline, “The Book of Tributes: The Cuernavaca-region Censuses, “ in James Lockhart, Lisa Sousa, and Stephanie Wood, eds., Sources and Methods for the Study of Postconquest Mesoamerican Ethnohistory (Eugene, OR: Wired Humanities Project, e-book, 2007.] {CN}

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moquichtia

63
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marriage (see Karttunen) {CN}

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namictilli

64
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married life (see Molina) {CN}

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nenamictiliz nemiliztli

65
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marriage (see Karttunen) {CN}

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nenamictiloyo

66
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twin (see Karttunen) {CN}

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nenetz

67
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for family members to squabble {CN}

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netech mahua

68
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to contend with and mistreat people within a kin group or family (see Molina) {CN}

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netechhuia

69
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marriage (see Karttunen) {CN}

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nezohuatiloyotl

70
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a child; or, a boy like me (see Molina) {CN}

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nopilpo

71
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a married woman, a person with a man

[Fuente: 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), 228.] {CN}

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oquichhua

72
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people who have children, parents (see Molina) {CN}

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pilhuaque

73
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to conceive, engender children (see Molina and Karttunen); also, to adopt a child, take in a child to raise, be a godfather for a child (see Molina); to make a woman pregnant (see attestations) {CN}

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pilhuatia

74
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a beloved child

[Fuente: Daniel Garrison Brinton, Ancient Nahuatl Poetry: Containing the Nahuatl Text of XXVII Ancient Mexican Poems (1877), 161.] {CN}

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pilihuitl

75
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nephew; or, niece (of a woman) (see attestations) {CN}

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pilotl

76
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taking out the children (a ceremony)

[Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 78.] {CN}

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pilquixtiliztli

77
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small child, little boy (See Karttunen) {CN}

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pipilanconetl

78
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children (see Molina) {CN}

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pipiltotontin

79
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cousin

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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primo

80
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for a parent to have great love for the child (a metaphor) (see Molina) {CN}

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quetzalteuh cozcateuh ipan nimitzmati

81
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nephew, niece

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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sobrino / sobrina

82
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maize dough, dust, ground meal; or, wheat flour; also, a man’s brother-in-law {CN}

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tēxtli

83
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grandfather (See Karttunen) {CN}

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tatahuei

84
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fatherhood

[Fuente: 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), 232.] {CN}

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tayotl

85
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older brother or cousin

[Fuente: Beyond the Codices. eds. Aurthur J. O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart. Berkeley, O.C. Press: 1976, p24.] {CN}

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teachcauh

86
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aunt; the sister of one’s mother or father (see Molina) {CN}

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teahui

87
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one’s grandmother, someone’s grandmother (see Sahagiºn) {CN}

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tecitli

88
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(unpossessed sing., -huanyolqui) someone’s relatives, bilateral kin unit

[Fuente: Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700 (Norman and London: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), 226.] {CN}

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tehuanyolque

89
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great-grandmother (See Karttunen) {CN}

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tehueinana

90
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great-grandfather (See Karttunen) {CN}

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tehueitata

91
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younger sister {CN}

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teica

92
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daughter of someone (see Molina) {CN}

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teichpuch

93
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offspring (see Karttunen); or, a type of noble (whether female or male)

[Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 – The People, No. 14, Part 11, 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, 1961), 47.] {CN}

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teizti

94
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a worn-out youth (see attestations) {CN}

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telpozolli

95
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dead son-in-law {CN}

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temicamo

96
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son-in-law whose wife (the true daughter) has died

[Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood’s notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

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temiccamo

97
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iron for branding livestock, or for branding slaves or those who have been married twice (see Molina) {CN}

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tepoztlamachiotiloni

98
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offspring (see Karttunen); or, a type of noble, male or female (see Sahagiºn)

[Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 – The People, No. 14, Part 11, 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, 1961), 47.] {CN}

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tetzon

99
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someone firstborn (see Karttunen) {CN}

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teyacapantli

100
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for all to be of the same parentage; or, of one nation or family (see Molina) {CN}

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ticemehua

101
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uncle

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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ti­o

102
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to raise children or to be a tutor for children (see Molina and Karttunen); possibly also to do the work of a governess or nanny {CN}

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tlacahuapahua

103
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to have a blood relationship with

[Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood’s notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

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tlacamecayotica

104
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a baby that is still breastfeeding (see Vidas y bienes) {CN}

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tlachichitiltzintli

105
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constable stick

[Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 197.] {CN}

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tlacotzin achcauhtli

106
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to raise something for someone (see Karttunen) {CN}

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tlecahuilia

107
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widower, widow

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

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viudo, viuda

108
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youngest child (see Karttunen); also, used as a personal name for females {CN}

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Xoco

109
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youngest child (see Karttunen) {CN}

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xoxocotzin

110
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a bride (see Molina) {CN}

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yancuican mocchoti

111
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a groom, someone newly taking a bride (see Molina) {CN}

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yancuican mocihuahuati

112
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my firstborn boy or girl (see Molina) {CN}

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yancuiyo

113
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bosom friend (see Karttunen) {CN}

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yolicniuhtli

114
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single, without siblings (see Karttunen) {CN}

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yotzin

115
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to belong to someone else or be foreign (see Molina) {CN}

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yuca

116
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a single man or woman; someone who has yet to marry (see Molina) {CN}

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zan iuh nemi

117
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to be a single man or a single woman, i.e. unmarried {CN}

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zan iuh ninemi

118
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to be unmarried, single (male or female) {CN}

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zaniuhninemi

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