Ancient Nahuatl Poetry eBook

Daniel Garrison Brinton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 143 pages of information about Ancient Nahuatl Poetry.

Ancient Nahuatl Poetry eBook

Daniel Garrison Brinton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 143 pages of information about Ancient Nahuatl Poetry.
CUICANI, n.  A singer, a poet. 
CUICOYAN, n.  A place for singing.  See note to p. 10. 
CUIHUA, v.  Pass. of cui, q. v. 
CUILIA, v.  Rev. of cui, q. v. 
CUILOA, v.  To paint, to write. 
CUILTONOA, v.  To be rich; to rejoice greatly; to enrich or cause
      joy.  XV, 6. 
CUITLATL, n.  Excrement, dung. 
CUIX, adv.  An interrogative particle.

ECACEHUAZTLI, n.  A fan. 
EHECATL, n.  Wind, air. 
EHECAYO, adj.  Full of wind, stormy. 
EHUA, v.  To lift up, especially to raise the voice in singing. 
ELCHIQUIHUITL, n.  The breast, the stomach. 
ELCHIQUIUHEUA, v.  To fatigue, to tire.  VI, 5. 
ELCICIHUILIZTLI, n.  A sigh, a groan. 
ELEHUIA, v.  To desire ardently, to covet. 
ELLAQUAHUA, v.  To animate, to inspire. 
ELLELACI, v.  To suffer great pain. 
ELLELLI, n.  Suffering, pain. 
ELLELQUIXTIA, v.  To cause joy, to make glad. 
ELLELTIA, v.  Ref., to regret, to repent, to abstain; act., to
      prevent, to hinder, to impede, to cause pain. 
EPOALLI, adj. num.  Sixty. 
EZTLI, n.  Blood.

HUAHUAQUI, u.  To dry up, to wither wholly.  VIII, 1. 
HUAL, adv.  Hither, toward this place. 
HUALLAUH, v. irreg.  To come hither. 
HUAN, postpos.  In company with; also, a plural termination. 
HUAPALCALLI, n.  Houses of planks.  See XVIII, 1. 
HUAQUI, v.  To dry up, to wither. 
HUECAPAN, adj.  Lofty. 
HUECATLAN, adj.  Deep, profound. 
HUEHUETL, n.  A drum.  See page 22. 
HUEHUETZI, v. freq.  To fall often. 
HUEIYOTL, n.  Greatness, grandeur. 
HUEL, adv.  Well, good, pleasant. 
HUELIC, adj.  Sweet, pleasant, fragrant. 
HUELMANA, v.  To make smooth, or even; to polish, to burnish. 
HUETZCANI, n.  A jester, a laugher.  XXI, 1. 
HUETZI, v.  To fall. 
HUETZTOC, v.  To be stretched out, to be in bed. 
HUEY, adj.  Great, large. 
HUEYATLAN, n.  Place of increase, from hueya, to grow greater. 
HUIC, postpos.  Toward, against. 
HUICA v.  To accompany; to carry off; to govern, to rule, to direct. 
HUIHUICA, v.  To follow in crowds, or often. 
HUIHUITEQUI, v.  To gather, to pluck. 
HUILOHUAYAN, n.  Bourne, goal, terminus; from huiloa, all go. 
HUIPANA, v.  To put in order, to arrange. 
HUITOMI, v.  To split, to fall.  XVIII, 4. 
HUITZ, v.  To come. 
HUITZITZICATIN, n.  The humming bird.  I, 1. 
HUITZITZILIN, n.  The humming bird, Trochilus
HUITZLI, n.  A thorn, especially of the maguey. 
HUITZTLAN, n.  The south; huitztlampa, from or to the south.

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