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cuaehuayotl.

Headword: 
cuaehuayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

scalp; dandruff (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāēhuayōtl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːeːwɑyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀĒHUAYŌ-TL scalp; dandruff / el cuero de la cabeza (M), su cuero cabelludo (T) for possessed form), su caspa (Z for possessed form) [(1)Tp.129,(2)Zp.26,157]. See CUĀ(I)-TL, ĒHUAYŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 57.