Nahuatl-English Basic Dictionary -co at, in the place of -pan on, on top of -tica with, using, through -tlan among, between aca somebody, someone acattopa first, in the first place achi miecpa frequently achto first achtontli Great-grandfather, ancestor achtopa firstly, in the first place aci to arrive acicamati To understand acicamatl To understand ahuitl Aunt aic Never altepepan At the city altepetl City, town, population amantecatl Artisan, amatl Paper, codex (book) amazolli Old paper (tradition) amehuan, amehuantin plural reverential: amehuantzitzin You, (pronoun) ameyalli Fountain, source amini Hunter amiqui Thirsty (adj), to be thirsty amo No amo cualli Bad, wrong amo zan Not but amotlein Nothing amoxcalli Library, also book shelf amoxtli Book an- You, plural (prefx) ana To take, to grab aocmo Not any more aocmo huecauh In a moment, just a moment apizmiqui Famine, to be dying of hunger aquimamatcayoti Stuborness aquin plural: aquique Who (?) atenemachpan Suddenly atl reverential: atzintli Water atiacuihuayan Artesian well atli To drink water atolli Atole, drink made of corn atonahui Fever, to have f auh And, but axihuayan Hotel, lodging, sometimes refuge axiltia (nite-) To accompany axiltia (nitia-) To complete, to fulfill axitia To get close, to come closer axixcalli Restroom (sanitary) axixmiqui To have the need to go to the restroom ayamo Not yet ayaxcanyotica Slowly ayohui Easyly, easy ayotl Turtle, tortoise azcatl Ant azo zan perhaps (?), maybe (?) cíhuatl plural: cihuah Woman, female ca plural: cate To be, Because ca ye cualli All right, OK cahua To leave (release an object) cahuitl Time calacoayan Door (THE door) calaqui To come in, to get inside calli House Also used as generic buildings calmanani Architect calpolli Tribe caltentli Door camachaloa To open one's mouth camactli Mouth camanallahtoa To joke camapaca To wash one's mouth camapotoniliztli Bad breath camatl Mouth campa Where (?) can plural: canin Where (?), caqui To hear catca Was, were caxtiltecatl Spaniard caxtolli omei Eighteen caxtolli once Sixteen ce One ce One of (when followed by a pronown) cecemilhuitica Daily, Every day cemanahuatl World, universe (figurative) cemiac Always, for ever cempanahuia To exceed, to surpass, to outdo cempoalli Twenty cenca Very cenca cualli Very well cenquizca Perfectly, completely cenyohual All night chantli House (home) chia past: ochix To wait chicahuac plural: chicahuaque Healthy, strong, tough, hard chicnahui Nine chicoace Six chicome Seven chicuey Eight chihua To do chihuilia To do (to someone) chipahua To clean chiquihuitl Basquet choca plural: chocah To cry, weep chocolatl chocolate choloa To flee, to run away choquilia To cry, weep choquilitzatzi To cry, bawl choquiltia To make someone cry ciciammicqui Tired, fatigued cihtli plural: cicihtin Grandmother, Hare cihuapillahtocatzintli Queen cihuapilli Lady, princess citialin Star ciyahui To get tired coatl plural: cocoah Snake cochcahua To let sleep cochcayotl Dinner cochehua (nite-) To awake, awaken cochi plural: cochih To sleep cochiantli Dormitory cochihuayan Bedroom cochitlehua To dream """Seeing in your sleep""" cochitta To dream """Seeing in your dream"" Visions (mystic)" cochmiqui Sleepy, to be sleepy, drowsy cocoa To hurt (suffer pain) cococ Hot, spicy cocotona To dismember, destroy, demolish cocoxcacalli Hospital cocoxcacalpan At the hospital cocoxqui Sick, diseased cohua To buy, purchase colli plural: coltin Grandfather coloti Scorpion comalli Flat pan (for cooking) comitl Cooking pot conetl pl:ural coconeh Child, kid coni To drink copina To extract (to get one thing out from another) cotona To cut cua To eat cuacuahuitl Horn, antler cuahuitl Tree, log cuaitl head (used only in comosite words) cualli Good (adverb) cualli ic Good (adjective) cuallotl Goodness cuauhmaitl Branch cuauhmayoh That has branches cuauhtla Woods, forest cueitl Skirt cueponi To grow cueyatl Frog cuica To sing cuicani Singer cuicatl Song cuico Singing cuicoa Singing cuicuizcati Swallow (bird) cuix Maybe, could it be cuix ye huecanh Has it been long since… (?) eiehuia To wish, To desire etl Beans hualhuica To bring, fetch huallauh past: ohualia To come hualmonochilia To call (ask someone to come) hualquiztia To go out, Future hualtepotztoca To follow (someone) hueca Far, distant huecauhtica For a while, for some time (short) huehca Far huehue plural: huehuetque Old huehuetlahtolli Old word Cultural legacy, tradition, culture hueitlamahuizoltica Wonderfully huel Right, well Is used as 'can' with another verb in future tense huelic Tasty, good hueltiuhtli Sister huetzca To laugh huetzi To fall down huexolotl Turkey huica To take (something-someone to another place) huilotl Pigeon huiptla The day after tomorrow huitzitzilin Hummingbird i To drink ic That's why, because ica With ica paquiliztli Gladly icalixpan In front of someone's home ichantzinco In someone's home, to someone's home ichcatl Lamb ichpochtli plural: ichpopochtin Young woman iciuhca Quickly, Fast icniuhtli Brother, friend icnotl Poor icpalli Chair, stool icuac When, While icuitlapan Behind icxitl Foot ihcuiloa To write ihcuilotic It is written that ihtoa To talk, to say ihuan And ihuicpa From ilhuia To tell ilhuicatl Sky, heaven ilhuicac- At the sky, at heaven imacaci To fear, to be afraid in aquin The one who - in canin Where, At in ihuicpa From in oquic While in oyuh Once that - , as soon as - in quenin How in tiein The one that, the one which in xochtl in cuicatl Poetry, poem in yuh Like, as inech monequi It's necessary inin This iniquein These iniqueon Those inon That intia If intzalan Between ipan On, on top of itech calli Inside the house ititl Belly itqui To take, to carry itquin When (?) itta To see itzcuintli plural: itzcuintin Dog ixcueloa To nod (say yes wuth the head) ixmati past: oquixmat To know ixquich Every, everything, all ixtelolotl Eye izcatqui Here is -, this is it iztac White iztitl Finger nail ma To hunt ma xipatinemi May you be well, farewell maca To give macamo Negation macamo xitequipacho = do not worry macehualli Commoner, not of the nobility machiotil Signal reverential: machiotzintli machtia To teach, to show macuilli Five macuilli ic Fifth maitl Hand maiahua To slip maquixtia To save, to release, to set free mati To know matlactli Ten mauhcatlayecoani Coward maxitia (from moaxitia) To come closer, to get closer mayana Hunger, to be hungry mazatl plural: mamazah Deer mehua To get up, to stand up melahuac Straight metlatl Grinding stones metzli Herb meztli Moon Month mexicatl Mexican michin Fish mictia To kill mihtoa It is said that millacatl Farmer, country laborer miqui To die mitz- - you, to you miztli Puma, cougar mizton Cat mocactia To put shoes on mocahuilia To leave (something) mocehuia To rest mocentlalia, To gather, reunite mochantia To reside, to live at mochi plural: mochintin Everything, all mochihua To happen (an event) mochihua To become, to turn into mochipa Always mocochcayotia To dine, have dinner mococoa To be sick mocuepa To transform oneself, to turn into mohuelmati To feel good molcaxitl Grinding stone (for salsa) momaquilia To give momaquixtilia To free, to liberate momatequia To wash one's hands momauhtia To be frightened momayahui To throw oneself momotzoa To rub, massage momoztlae Daily, every day monamictia To marry monequiltia To love mopopolhuilia To forgive moquetza To stand up motenehua One's name, to be called (used as a verb) motlalia Sit on, to be placed at motlaquentia To get dressed motlatoa To run moyetztica Plural, reverential: moyetzicate To be moztla Tomorrow nacatl Meat nacayotl Body nacaztli Ear nahualli Warlock, witch nahuatia To command, to order nahuatlahtolli Nahuatl language nahuatlatoltica In nahuatl language nahui Four nalquiza To pass, pass by namaca To sell namictli Husband, wife nanquilia To answer, to respond nantli plural: nantin, Reverential: nantzintli Mother ne, nehua, nehuatl I, me nech- To me neci To appear (materialize) nehnemi To walk nelhuayotl Root, base, foundation nemachtiloyan School nemi To live nenepilli Tongue nequi To want ni- I, me (as a prefix) nican Here niltze Hello (!) niman Later, afterwards nimanic Right away, now nimitzittaz I'll see you nixtamalli Corn paste for tortillas or tamales no Also nocenyeliz My family nochtli Cactus (nopal) nohuan With me nohuican Also, too noihuan Also, too notza To call someone, to talk with someone notzontecon My head noyuhqui Also, too nozo Or, either oc Still, yet oc achi More, A little more oc cequi plural: oc cequin Another oc yohuatzinco Very early, at dawn occe Another occe tlamantli Something else, one more thing occepa Again occequi plural: occequintin Another ocelotl Jaguar ocnamacoyan Bar, liquor store ocuilin Worm, maggot ohtli Road, way, trail ohualla Came ome Two ompa There oni To drink onimitzittac I saw you onimitzittacca I had seen you opoch Left (side) oquichtli plural: oquichtin Male otiacicoh We have arrived oztotl Cave oztoc In the cave paca To wash pactia To please, to give pleasure pahcalli Drugstore pahpiani Pharmaceutic (profession) pahti To cure pahtia To cure pahtli Medicine palehuia To help paltic Wet panoltia To invite someone in papaca To wash papalotl Butterfly papatlaca To tremble, to shiver, to shake paqui To be happy patlani To fly patzca To squeeze, to juice pehua (ni-) To start, to begin pehua (nic-) To win, to triunph petlatl Bed pilli Son pilli Noble, prince piltzintli (Reverential) Son pitzahuac plural: pitzahuaque Thin, pitzotl Pig pochtecatl Merchant, salesperson poctli Smoke pohua To count, to read popoca To smoke potoni To stink, to smell bad quema Yes quenin How (?) quenin otimohuicac? How did it go ? quezqui How much? How many? quilmach It is said, they say quimichin Mouse quin axcan Recently, a short while ago quin tepan Later, afterwards quiyahui To rain quiyahuitl Rain quiza To go out quizaliztli Migration, departure tahtli plural: tahtin, reverential: tahtzintli Father tamalli tamal te, tehua, tehuatl reverential: tehuatzin You tech- We, to us teci To grind tecolotl Owl tecuani Wild beast tecuhtli plural, reverential : tecuhtzintli Lord tehuan, tehuantin We, us Teica ? Why ? tel But telpochcalli College, university telpochtli plural: telpopochtin Boy, young man temachtiani plural: temachtianimeh, reverential: temachticatzintli Teacher, tutor temamauhti plural: temamauhtique Horrible, terrifying, scary temazcalli Steam bath temo To descend, to go down temoa To look for teneyeyecoitiliztli Temptation teniza To breakfast tennamiqui To kiss tentli Lip, Edge, border tentzontli Moustache, whiskers teocalli Temple teocuitlatl Gold (literally, wonderful waste) teopixqui plural: teopixque Priest teotl Wonderful, awesome, Terrifying To some scholars, God teotlac Afternoon, during the afternoon tepahtiani Doctor, medic, healer tepec Hill tepehuani Conquistador tepepan At the hill, in the wilderness tepetl Mountain, volcano tequipachoa To worry tequipanoa To work, to labor tetl Stone, rock texocotl Tejocote (small winter fruit) texocotzopelloti Tejocote jam, preserved tejocotes ti- You (singular) Us (subject prefix) ticitl Doctor, medic, healer titlani To send tlaca Afternoon Late tlacachihua To procreate, to have children tlacamati To obey tlacamatli Obeyance tlacatecolotl Devil " Literally ""Afternoon Owl"", ""Owl man""" tlacatilia To get pregnant, conception tlacatl plural: tlacah, Reverential: tlacatzintli Person tlachia To look, to see tlachpana To sweep, To broom tlacua To eat, to feed tlacualchihualoyan Kitchen tlacualli Food tlacualoyan Diner, dining room tlacualtia To feed, to give food tlahtlacolli Offense tlahtli Uncle tlahtoa To talk, to speak tlahtoani plural: tlahtoanime King tlahtocayotl Kingdom, state, nation tlahtolli Language, tongue, Word, speech tlahtoque Nobles, princes tlahuilli Light tlalia To put tlalticpac At or on the earth tlamachtilli plural: tlamachtiltin Pupil tlamaneloa To swim tlamatini plural: tlamatinime Wise person, wisdom tlami past: otlan To finish tlaneci Dawn tlanequiliztli Will, willpower tlantli Tooth tlaocoya Sad, to be sad tlaolli Corn tlapaloa To greet tlapalotiuh To go to greet someone tlapoa To open tlapopolhuia To forgive tlaquemitl Clothes tlathui Dawn tlatla To burn tlatlacalhuia To offense, to insult tlatlani To ask (a question) tlatlatilcuahuitl Firewood tlatquitl Patrimony tlatzacuillotl Door (THE door) tlatzomia To meow tlaxcalchihua To make tortillas tlaxcalli Tortillas, bread tlaxcalmana To make bread tlaza To bring down, to knock down tlazocamati Thanks, Thank you tlazohtla To love tlazolli Garbage, waste tle inic amo Why not ? tle ipampa Why ? tleca Why ? tleco To climb, to go up tlecuil Stove tlecuilco On the stove tlecuilli Stove, cooking fire tlen What tletl Fire toca To sow toca To bury tocaitl reverential: tocatzintli Name tocatl Spider tochtli Rabbit toltecatl Wise one, Science man, Knowledgeable tonalli Day tonehua To hurt, to suffer pain totechmonequi, totech monequi We need totolayotl Chicken soup totolin Turkey tototl Bird tozquitl Throat tzatzi To scream, to shout tzontecomatl Head tzontli Hair tzopelic Sweet xayacatl Face xihuitl Herb, Leaf, Year xinachtli Seed xiquipiltontli Bag xitomatl Tomato xocoyotzin The smallest, the youngest xonacatl Onion xoncalaqui Get in (!) xoxoctic Green yacatl Nose yancuic New yauh To go ye Ready, done ye tlaca It's late ye, yehua, yehuatl reverential: yehuatzin He, she, it yec Right (side) yeccaqui To understand, to comprehend yeceh Though, nontheless yectenehua To bless, to sanctify yectli plural: yeyectin Good, beautiful, pretty, nice yehuan, yehuantin reverential: yehuantzitzin They yei Three yetiayohuac It's night, It's late yohuac Night yohualtica At night yolcatl Insect yoli To live yollotl Heart yolpaqui To be happy yuhquin Like this, this way zan niman Right away, immediately zan tepitzin Just a little exp zatepan later adj zatlatzonco lastly, finally con zayolin fly (the insect) sus zazanilli story, tale sus zolin codorniz sus zoquipan in the mud exp zoquitl mud sus zoquiyo muddy exp