Chachalaca, tásara. A kind of partridge called, in Nahuatl, chachalacatl.
Chalchihuitl (a green stone, Nah.), nyu se rayo; the last word, rayo, is Spanish, and the expression means “stone of the lightning,” the belief being that these stones are thunderbolts.
Cheek, girote. Compare [face].
Chief, ruler, mánkeme. Chap. manaχämä, from χimá, the head. See The Güegüence, Introd., p. viii, note.
Chief, female, najyumbu.
Child, nasungi.
Chile (a sort of red pepper), ningi.
Chocolate, nimbu nyusi; = “water-cacao.”
Chocollo (a bird), naturi.