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cuachcaltopilli.

Headword: 
cuachcaltopilli.
Principal English Translation: 

canopy pole, support (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāchcaltōpīlli
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːtʃkɑltoːpiːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀCHCALTŌPĪL-LI canopy pole, support / las varas del palio (C) [(1)Cf.92v]. See CUĀCHCAL-LI, TŌPĪL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 56.