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comatl.

Headword: 
comatl.
Principal English Translation: 

vessel, container (see Karttunen), pot, cup

IPAspelling: 
komɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

COM(A)-TL Pl: -MEH ; prossessed form: -CON vessel, container / jarro (C for TECOM(A) -TL) This occurs mainly in the constructions TECOM(A)-TL ‘clay pot’ and CUEZCOM(A)-TL ‘corn crib.’ C has 'mocontzin' with the same sense as TZONTECOM(A)-TL ‘brain pan.’ The related free form is CŌM(I)-TL, which differs from COM(A)-TL in vowel length in the initial syllable as well as in quality of the final vowel. See CŌM(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 41.

themes: 
Ceramics, Pottery
See also: 
tecomatl.
cuezcomatl.
comitl.