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acaxitl.

Headword: 
acaxitl.
Principal English Translation: 

pool, watering trough (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑʃitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

acaxitl. alberca.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĀCAX(I)-TL pl: -TIN watering trough /K001/ alberca (M), pileta para tomar agua los animales (X)[(3)Xp.25]. X fails to mark the initial vowel long. See Ā-TL, CAX(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 1.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Water