Architecture Flashcards by Yan Garcia

to make mud to build walls, or to make bricks, etc. (see Molina) {CN}

zoquichihua

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thatched house (see Karttunen) {CN}

zacalli

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three large room divisions of a house

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

yetequiza

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three large room divisions of a house {CN}

yetemani

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to settle the building (see Molina) {CN}

yeeticihui

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wattles (of a turkey) (see Karttunen) {CN}

yacaxitolcuitlatl

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to cause all of something (such as a wall) to crumble (see Karttunen) {CN}

xixititza

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a hut with a pointed roof

(Tlaxcala, 1662â€“1692)
[Fuente: Juan Buenaventura Zapata y Mendoza, Historia cronologica de la Noble Ciudad de Tlaxcala, transcripcion paleogri¡fica, traduccion, presentacion y notas por Luis Reyes Garcia y Andrea Martinez Baracs (Tlaxcala and Mexico City: Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, Secretaria de Extension Universitaria y Difusion Cultural, y Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social, 1995), 484â€“485.] {CN}

xacalcuatehuitzocalco

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beam

(a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

viga

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window {CN}

ventana

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passageway, opening between things (see Karttunen) {CN}

tzalantli

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arch (structure) (see Karttunen) {CN}

tolcalli

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a plastered house {CN}

tlaquilcalli

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upper room or flat-roofed house

[Fuente: Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), 56, note 7.] {CN}

tlapancalli

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some type of house, earthen? (see the attestations) {CN}

tlapacalli

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a dining space (see Simeon) {CN}

tlacuayan

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a living room, room, chambers, lodging (see Alvarado Tezozomoc) {CN}

tlacochcalli

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a place name, apparently referring to Cholula; also (or simultaneously) referring to the pyramid at Cholula (see tlachihualtepetl) (see attestations) {CN}

Tlachihualtepetl icatcan

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a human-made hill or mountain; i.e. pyramid {CN}

tlachihualtepetl

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a garden wall (?) (see Molina) {CN}

tlaatzotzon tepantli

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porous volcanic rock, used for buildings and their foundations

[Fuente: Louise M. Burkhart, Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies Monograph 13 (Albany: University at Albany, 2001), 58.] {CN}

tetzontli

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to begin to build the wall on the foundation (see Molina) {CN}

tetzonehua

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house with stone walls (See Karttunen) {CN}

tepanchantli

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to put stucco on something (see Molina) {CN}

tenexhuia

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people's houses {CN}

techachan

floor(s), flooring, pavement (interior); the ground, soil, earth, surface (exterior) (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

suelo

entrance (See Karttunen) {CN}

quiyahuatentli

at the door, outside (See Karttunen) {CN}

quiyahuatempan

like a passageway (sixteenth century, central Mexico) [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), 132.] {CN}

quiquiztic

at the entryway or exit; outside the house (see Molina and attestations) {CN}

quiahuac

``` a bridge (a loanword from Spanish) {CN} ```

puente

a wicket, small door, gate, shutter | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

postigo

archways, arcaded passageways, often around the main square of towns (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

portales

a pillar; or, a large basin for a fountain | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

pilar

``` a patio (a loanword from Spanish) {CN} ```

patio

palace | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

palacio

a false door or entryway to a house (see Molina) {CN}

opochquiahuatentli

a false door or entryway to a house (see Molina) {CN}

opochquiahuatenco

a place where people settle; also, a guest house {CN}

netlaliloyan

an inn, a place of lodging for travelers | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

meson

a manger or stall, or a range of mangers (see Molina) {CN}

mazatlacualtiloyan

entrance hall, or house entrance (see Molina) {CN}

iquiahua tenyoc

entrance hall, or the entry of a house (see Molina) {CN}

icalaquiayoc

to put flooring down upon beams (see Molina) {CN}

huapaltzaccayotia

to put flooring down upon beams (see Molina) {CN}

huapaltzaccayotema

stair {CN}

escalera

wooden latticework (see attestations) {CN}

cuauhtlachayalli

a wooden bridge (?) {CN}

cuauhpatl

a wooden structure; possibly the structure for the roof a church {CN}

cuapetlaxacalli

kitchen | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

cocina

foundation | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

cimiento

to make a building with a good, strong foundation (see Molina) {CN}

chicahuacatlalia

house of residence [Fuente: Thelma Sullivan, Documentos Tlaxcaltecas del siglo XVI en lengua ni¡huatl (Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1987), 40.] {CN}

chanyotl

house; municipal council building | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

casa

to put up walls for houses {CN}

calzaloa

in front of the house [Fuente: Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.] {CN}

calyacac

next to the house, together with the house (see Sullivan) {CN}

caltitech

to make or build a house for oneself, or for another person (see Molina) {CN}

caltia

the foundation of a house, or the walls (see Molina) {CN}

caltetzuntli

outdoors; in the doorway of the house or building; at the edge of the house or building; at the doorway of the house or building; at the side of the building (see Karttunen and attestations) {CN}

caltenco

to build a house, to raise it up (see Molina) {CN}

calquetzaliztli

to build a house or raise it up (see Molina) {CN}

calquetza

to build or construct houses (see Molina) {CN}

calmana

a house of many turns (see Molina) {CN}

callohuicantli

the entryway or front of the house (see Molina) {CN}

callixcuatl

the front or front part of the house (see Molina) {CN}

callixcopa

the door to a house (see Molina) {CN}

callixatl

to look toward inside the house (see Molina) {CN}

calliticpa nontlachia

toward inside the house (see Molina) {CN}

calliticpa

adornments or furniture inside the house (see Molina) {CN}

calli tlatlatquitl

street | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

calle

inside the house (see Karttunen); inside the building (see attestations) {CN}

calitic

a repair on a house (see Molina) {CN}

calchichiualiztli

a house or place without protection, favor, support (see Molina) {CN}

calcehualco

an abandoned house, unoccupied house (see Molina) {CN}

cacticac

``` a balcony (a loanword from Spanish) {CN} ```

balcon

arch | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

arco

a chamber, a room in a house | (a loanword from Spanish) {CN}

aposento

a house without chimney or fireplace (see Molina) {CN}

apochquiahuayucan