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achihualli.

Headword: 
achihualli.
Principal English Translation: 

water used for milling, grinding (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːtʃiːwɑlli
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀCHĪHUAL-LI water used in milling, grinding / agua que se ocupa para moler (T) [(1)Tp. I70]. See Ā-TL, CHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 2.

IDIEZ morfema: 
āchīhualli.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
water in a small bowl used by a woman when grinding corn on a grinding stone
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Tecomitl ica atl tlen quitequihuia macehualli quemman tici pampa pan momahtequihtiuh. “’Martin, xinechhualtequili achi atl pan ni noachihual pampa tlanquiya huan na nimatixxoh. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
ātl, tlachīhualli.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Water