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chiltecaxitl.

Headword: 
chiltecaxitl.
Principal English Translation: 

mortar for grinding chili peppers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chīltecaxitl
IPAspelling: 
tʃiːltekɑʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĪLTECAX(I)-TL mortar for grinding chili peppers / cajete, molcajete (Z) [(3)Zp.23,85,152]. See CHĪL-LI, TECAX(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 52.

themes: 
Furniture, Household Goods