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matzatli.

Headword: 
matzatli.
Principal English Translation: 

pineapple, a native fruit (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑtsɑhtɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

matzatli. piña fructa dela tierra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 53v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

MATZAH-TLI pineapple / piña, fruta de la tierra (M) [(1)Rp. 103]. R marks the glottal stop. The vowel of the first syllable is unmarked for length.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.