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pahatl.

Headword: 
pahatl.
Principal English Translation: 

rose water, an agreeable perfume; unguents

IPAspelling: 
pɑhɑːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

pahatl. lo mesmo es que paatl.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

ca Yein yn achtopa, oquítemítíque yca ahuia ca Pahaatl = He was the ruler who was teh first whom they embalmed with unguents.
Anónimo mexicano, ed. Richley H. Crapo and Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005), 19.

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