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cuetlaxcolli.

Headword: 
cuetlaxcolli.
Principal English Translation: 

earthworm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuetlaxcōlli
IPAspelling: 
kwetɬɑʃkoːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

CUETLAXCŌL-LI earthworm / lombriz de la tierra (Z) [(2)Zp.77,148]. Z also has CUITLAXCOL-LI ‘intestines,’ shared with T. The two items differ in the vowel length of the third syllable. The variation CUETLAX-TLI ∼ CUITLAX-TLI is common across Nahuatl dialects. See CUETLAX-TLI, CŌLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 70.