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cuauhtlacatl.

Headword: 
cuauhtlacatl.
Principal English Translation: 

highlander, mountain dweller, savage (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtlahcatl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwtɬɑhkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTLAHCA-TL highlander, mountain dweller, savage / salvaje o montañés (C) [(1)Cf.57r]. C contrasts this with CUAUHTLĀCA-TL ‘man of wood.’ See CUAUHTLAH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 64.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality
Race, Ethnicity, Identity