mecapatli. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

mecapatli.

Principal English Translation:

sarsaparilla (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

mecapahtli

IPAspelling:

mekɑpɑhtɬi

Frances Karttunen:

MECAPAH-TLI sarsaparilla / la zarzaparrilla (R) [(1)Rp. 104]. See MECA-TL, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 142.

themes:

Plants, Trees, Flora