Nahuat

Dictionary

Nahuat words, what they mean, and how each variety says them.

332 published words · 331 recordings

A

  • achi/a·chi/Adverb

    some, a bit; enough

  • -achkaw/-ach·kaw/Noun

    older brother

  • achtu/ach·tu/Adverb

    first, before

  • ajkapajti/aj·ka·paj·ti/Noun

    culantro, wild coriander (Eryngium foetidum)

  • ajku/aj·ku/Adverb

    up, above, high up

  • ajkuik/aj·ku·ik/Adverb

    north, to the north; upward

  • ajwiak/aj·wi·ak/Adjective

    tasty, delicious; pleasant

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • -alwika/-al·wi·ka/Verb

    to bring

  • -ana/-a·na/Verb

    to put away, to keep; to save

  • anka/an·ka/Adverb

    perhaps, maybe

  • anmejemet/an·me·je·met/Other

    you (plural)

  • apan/a·pan/Noun

    river

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • asi/a·si/Verb

    to arrive

  • asu/a·su/Other

    if

  • ashan/a·shan/Adverb

    now; today

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • ashta/ash·ta/Other

    until, up to; even

  • at/at/Noun

    water

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • atutun/a·tu·tun/Noun

    Used only in Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    coffee

  • awakat/a·wa·kat/Noun

    avocado

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • -ayu/-a·yu/Noun

    broth, soup; juice; sap (the liquid part of something)

  • ayutuch/a·yu·tuch/Noun

    armadillo

    Tajtzin Miguel Osorio

CH

  • -chan/-chan/Other

    (someone's) home; at or to the home of

    Tajtzin Miguel Osorio

  • -chantakaw/-chan·ta·kaw/Noun

    fellow townsperson, one of one’s own people; friend

  • chichik/chi·chik/Adjective

    bitter

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas

  • chijchin/chij·chin/Adjective

    small, little