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ciacatlan.

Headword: 
ciacatlan.
Principal English Translation: 

armpit (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
siɑkɑtɬɑn
Frances Karttunen: 

CIACATLAN armpit / su sobaco ( T for possessed form ) [(1)Tp.133]. This appears to be a truncation of CIACATITLAN ‘flank’ with a specialized meaning. T has CĒYEC corresponding CIAC. See CIAC(A)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 33.