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axoxohuilli.

Headword: 
axoxohuilli.
Principal English Translation: 

deep water; beach, green (shallow) water (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āxoxōhuīlli, axoxouilli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːʃoʃoːwiːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

abismo. S. agua profunda. aoztoc. amixtlan. auecatlan. axoxouilli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĀXOXŌHUĪL-LI deep water; beach, green (shallow) water / abismo de agua profunda (M), playa, agua verde (Z) [(1)Zp.142]. For M this refers to water so deep it appears blue green, while Z uses it for water that turns lo light green as it grows shallower and the bottom begins to show through. See Ā-TL,XOXŌHUIYA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 15.

IDIEZ morfema: 
āxoxōhuīlli.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
dam, lake.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Canahya campa oncah miac atl huan axneci campa tlami. “Quemman tlahuel tlatotoniya na huanya notequixpoyohuan tionmaltiah campa oncah ce hueyi axoxohuilli pampa iuhquinon tiahquih huahca. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
āxoxōhuiya (tlachiuhtli).
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
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