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cuauhtentli.

Headword: 
cuauhtentli.
Principal English Translation: 

edge of the woods, stump or trunk of a tree (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtēntli
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwteːntɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTĒN-TLI edge of the woods, stump or trunk of a tree / halda o orilla de monte (M), tronco (Z) [(2)Zp.125,148]. See CUAHU(I)-TL, TĒN-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 63.

themes: 
Landscape Features
Plants, Trees, Flora
Wood, wooden material