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nal.

Headword: 
nal.
Principal English Translation: 

this is the initial element of a number of verbs having to do with crossing, travelling through, and being at a distance. (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nāl
IPAspelling: 
nɑːl
Frances Karttunen: 

NĀL- This is the initial element of a number of verbs having to do with crossing, travelling through, and being at a distance. See -NĀL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 158.