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axochitl.

Headword: 
axochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a marsh plant (Erblichia odorata, Astianthus viminalis) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀXŌCHI-TL pl: -MEH a marsh plant (Erblichia odorata, Astianthus viminalis) / asuchil (X) [(3)Xp.29]. X does not mark the first vowel long. R has axochiatl also referring to a water plant. See Ā-TL, XŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 15.

IDIEZ morfema: 
āxōchitl.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
a type of acuatic plant with white flowers.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Ce tlamantli xochitl tlen eli ipan atl; axcanah huehhueyi; zan quipiya itzincuayo tlen huehhuehueyac; ixihuiyo tlahuel xoxoctic huan yahyahualtic; cueponi chipahuac. “Tenantzitzin quihtoah tlan ta timocuailpiz ica axochitl, yehyectzin eliz motzoncal huan huehhuehueyac.”
IDIEZ morfología: 
ātl, xōchitl.tlat.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora