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pitzoehecatl.

Headword: 
pitzoehecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

malicious spirit, ghost (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pitzoehēcatl
IPAspelling: 
pitsoeheːkɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

PITZOEHĒCA-TL pl: -MEH malicious spirit, ghost / espíritu malo, mal aire (T) [(1)Tp.175]. See PITZO-TL, EHĒCA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 198.

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)