Animals Flashcards by Yan Garcia

to go riding or hunting {CN}

aamitinemi

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a type of grasshopper, locust (see Molina) {CN}

acachapulin

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shot, poisonous serpent, or scorpion {CN}

acaltetepun

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a shot, or a poisonous snake or scorpion {CN}

acaltetepuntli

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a woman’s name; in the Historia Tolteca Chichimeca, she is mentioned as being a wife (zohuatl), apparently of a tlatoani
(sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
[Fuente: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Gi¼emes, y Luis Reyes Garcia (Mexico: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 152.]

also, Reed-flower; in the Treatise, another way of saying deer
(Atenango, between Mexico City and Acapulco, 1629)
[Fuente: Hernando Ruiz de Alarcon, Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629, eds. and transl. J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig (Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 220.] {CN}

Acaxoch

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to catch up with those ahead; or to catch the enemy; or to catch an animal when hunting {CN}

acitihuetzi

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the western grebe (a bird)

[Fuente: Henry M. Reeves, “Once Upon a Time in American Ornithology, “ The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:2 (June 2007), 317.] {CN}

acitli

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crayfish (see Karttunen) {CN}

acocil

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frog (see Karttunen) {CN}

acueyatl

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the osprey (a bird)

[Fuente: Henry M. Reeves, “Once Upon a Time in American Ornithology, “ The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:2 (June 2007), 317.] {CN}

aitzcuauhtli

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type of water animal (see Karttunen) {CN}

aocuil

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a donkey
 (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

asno

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tortoise shell (see Karttunen) {CN}

atexpetlatl

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an armadillo shell (see Karttunen) {CN}

ayotochcacahuatl

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a small heron (see Molina) {CN}

aztatepito

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sheep {CN}

borrego

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horse
(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), 212.] {CN}

caballo

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goat

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

cabra

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toad(s), frog(s) (see Karttunen) {CN}

caca

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a cockroach (see Karttunen) {CN}

cacalachin

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frog(s) (see Karttunen) {CN}

calatl

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sheep, mutton

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

carnero

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to remove shoes from horses (see Molina)

(partially a loanword from Spanish; caballo, horse) {CN}

cauallocaccopina

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a Castilian cock or hen (i.e. a chicken, as opposed to a turkey, which was native to this hemisphere) (see Molina) {CN}

caxtil

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a brown-backed solitaire; a mockingbird (see Karttunen and Molina) {CN}

centzontlatole

a male or a female dog {CN}

chichi

a small goat (kid); also seen as chivato | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

chivo

for a snake to bite someone, or for a bird to eat {CN}

chopinia

to cut the breasts off a fowl (see Molina) {CN}

ciciyotcaana

to cut the breast off of fowl (see Molina) {CN}

ciciyotcayehua

crocodile; crocodilian monster; also, a person's name (attested female) {CN}

cipactli

to be in a place full of scorpions (central Mexico, sixteenth century) [Fuente: Thelma Sullivan, "Tlatoania and tlatocayotl in the Sahagiºn manuscripts, " Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl 14 (1980), 225â€“238. See esp. p. 227.] {CN}

coyolotoc

a type of bird, a sparrow (see Molina) {CN}

cuachichil

a bird or the like that has a feathered crest (see Molina) {CN}

cuachichiquile

American coots (a type of bird) {CN}

cuachilli

bovine animal, cow, ox [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}

cuacuahue

to graze (as in cattle) (see Molina) {CN}

cuacualtia

an arena for the running of the bulls (see Molina) {CN}

cuacuammiminaloyan

rifar el cauallo con otro {CN}

cuacuatihuetzi

for a bull to gouge someone with his horns (see Molina) {CN}

cuacuauhhuia

to remove the horns from animals (see Molina) {CN}

cuacuauhtlaza

cock or hen from Castile (see Molina) {CN}

cuanaca

the wood ibis (bird) [Fuente: Henry M. Reeves, "Once Upon a Time in American Ornithology, " The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:2 (June 2007), 317.] {CN}

cuapetlaoac

an apiary (see Molina) {CN}

cuauhnecutla

a honey bee that is raised in trees (see Molina) {CN}

cuauhnecuzayoli

frogs (see Molina) {CN}

cuecueya

a lizard, an iguana (see Karttunen) {CN}

cuetzpalin

a cricket, or a species of grasshopper (see Molina) {CN}

cuicuicanito

a type of cricket, grasshopper (see Karttunen) {CN}

cuicuicayotzin

to cluck (for a chicken to make its sound) (see Molina) {CN}

cuicuihuia

to skin the rump of a bird or to take off its tail (see Molina) {CN}

cuitlapilhuihuitla

to cut the tail of an animal or bird (see Molina) {CN}

cuitlapiltequi

a species of weasels {CN}

cuzamatl

a species of weasels {CN}

cuzatli

to suck in air, or for a hovering bird to begin to flap its wings (see Molina) {CN}

ehecachichina

to dry skins or leather (see Molina) {CN}

ehuahuatza

to cover something with skins or hides (see Molina) {CN}

ehuahuia

a place where animals are skinned (see Molina) {CN}

ehuanamacoyan

to strip or peel something; or, to remove the scales of a fish (see Molina) {CN}

ehuayotlaza

crossed with seashells, a ring of linked seashells {CN}

epnepaniuhqui

greyhound, hunting dog | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

galgo

livestock -- usually ganado mayor and ganado menor, varying by the size of the animals, with sheep and goats, for example, being in the minor group, and can be found in the expression "sitio de ganado mayor" or "sitio de ganado menor, " referring to stockraising estates (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

ganado

cow(s); ox(en) (a loanword from Spanish; from vacas) [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}

huacax

a herd of sheep (see Molina) {CN}

ichcame

to take care of sheep livestock (see Molina) {CN}

ichcapia

to throw or add the raven or crow (see Molina) {CN}

icnonaqui

to grow feathers (bird); to put or adorn an image with feathers (see Molina) {CN}

ihuioquiza

to place feathers on an image, or to decorate with a feather ornament (see Molina) {CN}

ihuiyoquiza

a bird shedding its feathers (see Molina) {CN}

ihuiyotepehua

a bird shedding his feathers (see Molina) {CN}

ihuiyotlaza

coyote (see Karttunen) {CN}

ixtlacchichi

for a moving snake to make noise; or, to be hoarse, or for things to sound hollow and empty, like damaged cocoa (see Molina) {CN}

izahuaca

for a snake to bite someone (see Karttunen) {CN}

iztlacmina

a lion; a feature of the royal coat of arms {CN}

leon

a four-legged animal; or, to walk on all fours (see Molina) {CN}

manenemi

earwig (Psalis americana), something forked (see Karttunen) {CN}

maxalli

to handle beasts (see Molina) {CN}

mazamailpia

to break colts (see Molina) {CN}

mazamamachtia

mastiff, or whippet (dog breeds) (see Molina) {CN}

mazamaniytzcuintli

animal mumps (see Molina) {CN}

mazaquechpuzahualiztli

to tame colts (see Molina) {CN}

mazatlatlacahuiloa

resembling or belonging to a deer (see Molina) {CN}

mazayutl

earthworm, tapeworm (see Karttunen) {CN}

metzocuil

a large fly (flying insects) (see Molina) {CN}

miccazayulin

fish (see Karttunen) {CN}

mich

codfish (see Karttunen) {CN}

michcoztli

to stupefy fish (see Molina) {CN}

michpahuia

to fish with a hook (see Molina) {CN}

michpipiloa

small fresh water fish abundant in Michoacan (see Karttunen) {CN}

michtlazolli

a bird that has just molted, or lost its feathers (see Molina) {CN}

mihuiotepeuhqui

a feathered bird, a bird that has a lot of feathers (see Molina) {CN}

mihuioti

a bird that has molted (see Molina) {CN}

mihuiotlazqui

to fish (see Molina) {CN}

mimichaci

puma, mountain lion; cat {CN}

miztl

a cat {CN}

mizton

for a snake to coil (see Molina) {CN}

moyahualoa

insect bite (see Karttunen) {CN}

moyococotl

gnat (see Karttunen) {CN}

moyotzin

a type of locust, grasshopper (see Karttunen) {CN}

nacaztatapa

a slug; buboes (inflamation) (see Molina) {CN}

nanahuati

to provoke the dog (see Molina) {CN}

nanahuatia

to bark (for a dog to make a barking sound) (see Molina) {CN}

nanaltza

beehive (see Karttunen) {CN}

neucchiuhpan

type of small wasp (see Karttunen) {CN}

nexcome

a type of gray snake that inhabits rocky places (see Karttunen) {CN}

nexhua

type of large, whitish Caterpillar that eats the roots of plants; or, a deranged person (see Karttunen) {CN}

nextecuil

a young male steer, a young bull | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

novillo

jaguar skin seat [Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 209.] {CN}

oceloehuaicpalli

jaguar skin mat [Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 209.] {CN}

oceloehuapetlatl

the ocelot (or jaguar) mat {CN}

ocelopetlatl

worm, caterpillar (see Karttunen) {CN}

ocuil

something pertaining to worms (see Karttunen) {CN}

ocuillotl

sheep | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

oveja

a small butterfly (see Molina) {CN}

papalotepito

a place were cattle are corralled; or, the dam of a river or channel of water (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

parada

a type of ant (See Karttunen) {CN}

pepehuani

dog | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

perro

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

petlacoatl

a type of venomous lizard (see Karttunen) {CN}

petzcohuix

sheep tick (See Karttunen) {CN}

pinoliyo

pork (See Karttunen) {CN}

pitzonacatl

[head] band with quetzal feather tassels [Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.] {CN}

quetzalalpiloni

heron-feather headdress (see attestations) {CN}

quetzalaztatzontli

quetzal feather horns [Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.] {CN}

quetzalcuacuahuitl

quetzal feather banner held in the hand [Fuente: Fray Bernardino de Sahagiºn, Primeros Memoriales, ed. Thelma D. Sullivan (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997), 206.] {CN}

quetzalmacpanitl

mouse {CN}

quimich

a type of bird (See Karttunen) {CN}

quiyauhtototl

a type of ant (See Karttunen) {CN}

talatl

a caterpillar that inflicts a painful bite (See Karttunen) {CN}

techichina

mouse (See Karttunen) {CN}

tecocoyotl

a place full of fleas (see Molina) {CN}

tecpitla

a type of large venomous lizard (See Karttunen) {CN}

tecue

a big fly (see Molina) {CN}

tecuzayolin

vinegaroon, whip scorpion (See Karttunen) {CN}

tehuitzcolotl

a type of insect (See Karttunen) {CN}

tempitzac

chameleon (see Karttunen) {CN}

tepax

to brand an animal (see Karttunen) {CN}

tepozquechilia

a small bedbug (see Molina) {CN}

tepuntli

gizzard, crop (see Karttunen) {CN}

tetemetlatl

ant hill of a particular type of ant (see Karttunen) {CN}

tetzicatlalli

bedbug (see Karttunen) {CN}

texcan

bedbug (see Karttunen) {CN}

texcatl

a mite (see Karttunen) {CN}

tezahuatl

ocelotl [Fuente: Gordon Whittaker, Aztlan Listserv posting, Feb. 25, 2012. ] {CN}

tlacoocelotl

[quail] were beheaded, decapitated [Fuente: Fr. Bernardino de Sahagiºn, 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), 70.] {CN}

tlacotonalo

an opposum (or possum) (see Karttunen) {CN}

tlacuatzin

an opossum (see Karttunen) {CN}

tlacuicuilotl

to hunt something with a net that closes around and takes in the animal that has been caught (see Molina) {CN}

tlapachihuazmatlahuia

egg-laying hen [Fuente: Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 28.] {CN}

tlatlazqui

for a chicken to scratch, scattering earth around (see Karttunen) {CN}

tlaxeloa

cicada (see Karttunen) {CN}

tocaletl

rabbit flesh (see Karttunen) {CN}

tochnacatl

owl (see Karttunen) {CN}

tololo

sparrow hawk (see Karttunen) {CN}

totli

to cause the hen to get up off the nest of eggs (see Molina) {CN}

totolehualtia

a sauce made from the eggs of domestic fowl, turkey eggs (see Molina) {CN}

totoltemulli

to spawn (fish) or to lay eggs (hens) (see Molina) {CN}

totoltetia

the pile of dirt that a gopher leaves (see Molina) {CN}

tozanpotzalli

a gopher hole, literally, the home of the gopher; Molina calls it the cave of the gopher (see Molina) {CN}

tozanychan

spider's web (see Karttunen); literally, a spun thing {CN}

tzahualli

a type of fish, a type of bream [Fuente: Thomas Calvo, Eustaquio Celestino, Magdalena Gomez, Jean Meyer, and Ricardo Xochitemol, Xalisco la voz de un pueblo en el siglo XVI (Mexico: CIESAS/CEMCA, 1993), 59, 86.] {CN}

tzapalli

to put a stop to, or surround the enemy; or, to fence in the cattle (see Molina) {CN}

tzatzacuilia

bat(s) {CN}

tzinacatl

to be in the midst of a swarm (see Molina) {CN}

tzitzicaticac

cow, cows (vacas, vacastin, huacax); ox, oxen (a loanword from Spanish; a reanalyzed plural form of vaca, the word for "cow" in Spanish, huacax, can be seen to intend singular or plural) [Fuente: Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 69.] {CN}

vaca

serpent fire device, the symbol of fire drills [Fuente: Justyna Olko, Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico (Warsaw: Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, 2005), 128.] {CN}

xiuhcoatl

caterpillar (see Karttunen) {CN}

xiuhocuil

a type of snake (see Karttunen) {CN}

xiuhquilcoatl

glowworm (see Karttunen) {CN}

xixipintol

fat; a yellow fat substance found in humans, hens, dogs, cats, or other animals {CN}

xochiotl

catfish (see Karttunen) {CN}

xohuil

cockroach (see Karttunen) {CN}

xopepe

to put a halter on a horse {CN}

xotemecayotia

a type of bird {CN}

xotlapech

tree frog(s) (see Karttunen) {CN}

xoxocalatl

glowworm, firefly (see Karttunen) {CN}

xoxotlani

a type of bird (see Karttunen) {CN}

zacapipitzton

marten, ferret (see Karttunen) {CN}

zacotl

fleabite, rash (see Karttunen) {CN}

zahuacocotl

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