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tecaxitl.

Headword: 
tecaxitl.
Principal English Translation: 

stone trough or bowl for grinding, mortar (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tekɑʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TECAX(I)-TL pl: TECAXMEH stone trough or bowl for grinding, mortar / pila de piedra o cosa semejante (M), molcajete (Z) A variant form is TECAX-TLI. M has tecaxtli in the Spanish-to-Nahuatl side and tecaxitli in the Nahuatl-to-Spanish side. See TE-TL, CAX(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 215.

themes: 
Earthenware, Pottery, Clay
Food, Eating, Cooking
Furniture, Household Goods
Technology, Tools
See also: 
tecaxitli.