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michpatli.

Headword: 
michpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

walnut tree; also may refer to the drugging of fish to make them easier to catch (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
michpahtli
IPAspelling: 
mitʃpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

MICHPAH-TLI walnut tree / nogal (Z) [(2)Zp. 89, 168]. The literal sense of this, ‘fish potion,’ refers to its use in fishing, the leaves having a narcotic effect rendering the fish easier prey. See MICH-IN, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 146.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Hunting or Fishing
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
michpahuia.
apahuia.