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Quacuillo,
III, [4]; XX, [3]. From qua, to eat.
Quatonalla,
XVIII, [1]. “Head bright,” the helmet on the head.
Quaui,
XIII, [1]. A shortened form of quauiuitl, in the same verse; compound of quauhtli, eagle, iuitl, feather; a decoration explained in the Gloss, usually called the quauhtzontli, eagle crest.
Quauinochitla,
XI, [2]. “Among the tuna trees.”
Quauiquemitl,
II, [2]. From quauhtli, eagle, quemitl, clothing, garb.
Quechol,
XIV, [5], [7]. A bird.
Quentia,
XV, [1]. To dress oneself.
Quetl,
II, [2]. Poetic for quetza, to rise, to come out of or from. See Gloss to III, 7.
Quetza,
XIV, [6]. To arise from.
Quetzalaueuetl,
XV, [2]. Of quetzal, beautiful, and aueuetl, the water cypress, fig. chief, lord.
Quetzalcalla,
III, [9]. “The house of the quetzal,” beautiful as the quetzal bird. Explained in the Gloss to be the Place of Joy.
Quetzalcoatli,
XI, [3]; XIV, [6]. Proper name.
Quetzalcocox,
VII, [6]; VIII, [7]. The pheasant.
Queyamica,
III, [8]. For quenamican, how there?
Queyanoca,
I, [1]. According to the Gloss, equivalent to onoca, from onoc.
Quiauiteteu,
VIII, [6]. Rain gods; quiauitl, rain; teteu, plural of teotl, god.
Quilaztla,
XIII, [1]. For Quilaztli, another name of Cihuacoatl.
Quilazteutl,
XVIII, [2]. See Quilaztla.
Quinexaqui,
VII, [1]. Explained by the Gloss by oniualleuac, I came quickly (eua, in composition, signifies precipitation). Hence it is a form from yauh, yaqui.
Quiyauatla,
VI, [6]. Poetic for quiauitl, rain.