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I am nothing, nobody {CN}

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anitle

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to make oneself rich (see Karttunen) {CN}

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axcahuacati

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to be forever praised (see Molina) {CN}

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cehuecapanolo

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a key name in the conquest of Mexico; e.g. don Hernando Cortes, Spanish conqueror; indigenous people were also known to take this name; e.g. a man in Tlaxcala with the name “Cordes” finished up the term of office of don Juan Maxixcatzin when he died in 1562. Hernando’s son, don Marti­n Cortes, also figures in some manuscripts.

[Fuente: Here in This Year: Seventeenth-Century Nahuatl Annals of the Tlaxcala-Puebla Valley, ed. and transl. Camilla Townsend, with an essay by James Lockhart (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010), 166–167.] {CN}

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Cortes

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nobleman through war deeds or other personal merit, not through descent

[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), 231.] {CN}

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cuauhpilli

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part of a metaphorical expression meant to refer to vassals, commmoners, macehuales: quilticanemi (those who pick quelites), quauhticanemi (those who gather firewood)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garci­a (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 153, nota 5.] {CN}

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cuauhticanemi

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to free someone of servitude (see Molina) {CN}

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cuitlatlaza

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speech that is grand and lofty (see Molina) {CN}

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huei tlatolli

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low quality wine with very little strength, usually given to servants (see Molina; partly a loan word, huino = vino = wine) {CN}

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ic occan huetzi huino

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to live humbly (see Molina) {CN}

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icnonemitia

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to impoverish another person, or deprive him or her of something (see Molina) {CN}

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icnotlacatilia

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to make someone poor, or to deprive them of something (see Molina) {CN}

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icnoyotl nictecuitia

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to make someone poor, or to deprive them of something (see Molina) {CN}

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icnoyotl nicteittitia

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to become poor, or be deprived of something (see Molina) {CN}

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icnoyotl tlacuitilli

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to become poor, or be deprived of something (see Molina) {CN}

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icnoyotl tlattitili

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above the head of someone with class (see Molina) {CN}

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icpactzinco

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the hands and the feet, a metaphor for dependents

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garci­a (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 148.] {CN}

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in maitl in icxitl

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in your (pl.) vulgar, or common talk (see Molina) {CN}

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inic ipan mocuepa amotlatol

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to equal, to be equivalent; to contend, to fight with {CN}

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ixnamiqui

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to give someone the lead or the advantage, honoring that person (see Molina) {CN}

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iznitequetza

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to give someone the lead or the advantage, honoring that person (see Molina) {CN}

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iznitequixtia

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22
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the language of the commoners; popular language

[Fuente: Katarzyna Mikulska Dabrowska, “‘Secret Language’ in Oral and Graphic Form: Religious-Magic Discourse in Actec Speeches and Manuscripts, “ Oral Tradition 25:3 (2010), 325–363, see page 327.] {CN}

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macehuallatolli

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a poor commoner (macehualli with a diminutive ending) {CN}

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macehualtontli

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to be seen as a servant, or a person with really bad luck (see Molina) {CN}

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macehualyetoca

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25
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a person who has become rich

[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), 41.] {CN}

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macuiltono

26
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a rich person

[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), 41.] {CN}

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macuiltonoa

27
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to disparage honors or reject an honorable job/title, status (see Molina) {CN}

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mahuizotelchihua

28
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to be esteemed (see Molina); to be held in esteem, respect (see Karttunen) {CN}

29
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one who is borne on the back; part of a metaphorical expression for commoners, vassals (see attestations) {CN}

30
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to assist or be in the presence of the greatest (see Molina) {CN}

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mauhca ycac

31
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to be rich, to be wealthy (see attestations) {CN}

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mocuiltonoa

32
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noble

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

33
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princely house {CN}

34
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nobles

[Fuente: S. L. Cline, Colonial Culhuacan, 1580-1600: A Social History of an Aztec Town (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1986), 236.] {CN}

35
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one who gathers quelites; a commoner, a vassal, a macehualli

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garci­a (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 153, nota 5.] {CN}

36
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part of a metaphorical expression meant to refer to vassals, commmoners, macehuales: quilticanemi (those who pick quelites), quauhticanemi (those who gather firewood)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garci­a (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 153, nota 5.] {CN}

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quilticanemi

37
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lady
(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), 241.] {CN}

38
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a type of noblewoman

[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), 48.] {CN}

39
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to bathe slaves

[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), 33.] {CN}

40
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to put people in order (see Molina) {CN}

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tecpantlalia

41
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of nobility

[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), 49.] {CN}

42
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a (male or female) child of nobles

[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), 48.] {CN}

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one who is upon one’s lap; part of a metaphor referring to commoners

[Fuente: Thelma D. Sullivan, “Tlatoani and Tlatocayotl in the Sahagiºn Manuscripts, “ Estudios de Cultura Ni¡huatl 14 (1980), 227.] {CN}

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tecuexanco

44
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a type of noblewoman

[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), 48.] {CN}

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a person of noble lineage

[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), 20.] {CN}

46
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a person of noble lineage (a metaphor) (see Molina); a noble man or woman (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), 48.] {CN}

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teixcuamul

47
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a type of noblewoman

[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), 50.] {CN}

48
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one who is in the cradle of one’s arms; part of a metaphor for commoners

[Fuente: Thelma D. Sullivan, “Tlatoani and Tlatocayotl in the Sahagiºn Manuscripts, “ Estudios de Cultura Ni¡huatl 14 (1980), 227.] {CN}

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temamalhuazco

49
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a type of noblewoman

[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), 48.] {CN}

50
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to be underneath another (socially) (see Molina) {CN}

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tetlancalaquini

51
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a noblewoman

[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), 49.] {CN}

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tetzicueuhca

52
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a title; lordly woman(?) (see attestations)

(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garci­a (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 186.] {CN}

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teuczohuatl

53
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royal nobleman {CN}

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tlahtocapilli

54
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ruler (see Karttunen) {CN}

55
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to advance, to take the lead (see Karttunen) {CN}

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tlayacanquetza

56
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a type of noblewoman

[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), 45.] {CN}

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totecuiyocihuatl

57
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a name; for example, don Francisco Verdugo Quetzalmamalitzin

[Fuente: Pedro Carrasco, “Sucesion y alianzas matrimoniales en la disnasti­a Teotihuacana, “ Estudios de Cultura Ni¡huatl 11 (1974), 235–241, see p. 239.] {CN}

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Verdugo Quetzalmamalitzin

58
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lady, madam (a loanword from Spanish, same as sei±Årah)

[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), 241.] {CN}

59
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those who are led, the macehualtin (from Sahagiºn, translation by Thelma Sullvan) {CN}

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yacanaloni

60
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to be many people around a noble person (see Molina) {CN}

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yayahualhuitimani

61
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to have great need (see Molina) {CN}

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ye ompa onquiza in icnopillotl in icnotlacayotl

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