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capolcuahuitl.

Headword: 
capolcuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

cherry tree (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
capolquauhtli, capolquahuitl
IPAspelling: 
kɑpolkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CAPOLCUAHU(I)-TL cherry tree / cerezo arbol (M) [(1)Tp.114,(1)Zp.145,(1)Rp.67]. R has capolquauhtli, but for ‘tree’ R has the standard CUAHU(I)-TL. See CAPOL-IN, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 25.