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palancanacatl.

Headword: 
palancanacatl.
Principal English Translation: 

rotten flesh (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
palāncānacatl
IPAspelling: 
pɑlɑːnkɑːnɑkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

PALĀNCĀNAC(A)-TL rotten flesh / carne podrida (C) [(1)Cf.76v]. C fails to mark the vowels of the second and third syllables long. See PALĀNQUI, NAC(A)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 185.

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