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nexcome.

Headword: 
nexcome.
Principal English Translation: 

type of small wasp (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nexcōmeh
IPAspelling: 
neʃkoːmeh
Frances Karttunen: 

NEXCŌMEH type of small wasp / una clase de avispa más chiquita (Z) [(2)Zp.17,178]. The literal meaning of this is 'possessor of a nixtamal pot.' Presumably this is a wasp that builds a pot-shaped nest. See NEXCŌM(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 171.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.