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oztotl tepetl.

a mountain cave, a cavern (see attestations)

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oztotl.

oːstoːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
oztoc

a cave, a cavity; also a metaphor for the womb (see Sahagún)
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 228.

also a metaphor for the vagina, perhaps (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 163.

Please see also our separate entry for "oztoc."

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ōztōtl1.

fox.
# un tipo de animal parecido al perro, tiene cuatro pies largos, su cuerpo también nada mas esta largo y tiene parados las orejas y ese come mucho pollo. “mi papa mato un oztotl cuando había ido a aguayo”.
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ōztōtl2.

root of ŌZTŌCTLI and ŌZTŌCTIC. cave.
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oztoyotl.

relating to caves; e.g. cave-dwelling (sixteenth century, Quauhtinchan)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 165.

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ozumatli.

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