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achiuhcayotl.

Headword: 
achiuhcayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

something badly made (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ahchīuhcāyōtl, achiucayotl
IPAspelling: 
ɑhtʃiːwkɑːyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

AHCHĪUHCĀYŌ-TL something badly made / cosa mal hecha o desacierto (C)[(2)Cf.121r]. The vowel of the second syllable is not marked long in either attestation. C gives AHIUHCĀYŌ-TL as a synonym of this. See AH-, CHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 4.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

R. achiua. achiuhcayotl o aiuhcayotl s. Mala acción, algo malo, etc.
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lenga náhuatl o mexicana, 11.

achiuhcayotl = desacierto ó cosa mal hecha
Museo Nacional de México, Anales del Museo Nacional de México, vol. 7, 517.