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tamaltetl.

Headword: 
tamaltetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a tamale with no filling (See Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɑmɑltetɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TAMALTE-TL a tamale with no filling / tamal toloche (pura masa y sal) (T) [(1)Tp.223]. See TAMAL-LI, TE-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 214.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking