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cuauhtetepontli.

Headword: 
cuauhtetepontli.
Principal English Translation: 

a tree trunk or a post stuck in the ground (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtetepuntli, quauhtetepontli
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhtetepuntli. tronco de arbol, o estaca o palo hincado enel suelo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora
Wood, wooden material
See also: 
tetepontic.
tetepontic cuahuitl.
tetepontli.
Tetepon.
cuahuitl.