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mecanilo.

Headword: 
mecanilo.
Principal English Translation: 

this is attested twice (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mecānīlō
IPAspelling: 
mekɑːniːloː
Frances Karttunen: 

MECĀNĪLŌ this is attested twice (Bf.11r), both times with the vowel of the third syllable marked short, although by regular derivational processes it should be long. nonact. MECĀNIĀ
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 142.