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acayetl.

Headword: 
acayetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of cane or reed filled with (or dipped into) aromatic substances (see Molina) to produce incense or perfume; could be put in the mouth to freshen breath (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
acaietl
Alonso de Molina: 

acayetl. caña de çahumerio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents acayetl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Plants, Trees, Flora
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)
See also: 
iyetl.