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pitzauhcan.

Headword: 
pitzauhcan.
Principal English Translation: 

waist, belt (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pitzāuhcān
IPAspelling: 
pitsɑːwkɑːn
Frances Karttunen: 

PITZĀUHCĀN pl: -MEH waist, belt / cintura (X) [(3)Xp.65]. See PITZĀHU(I), -CAN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 197.

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