tencualcaxitl.

Headword: 
tencualcaxitl.
Principal English Translation: 

jaw (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēncualcaxitl
IPAspelling: 
teːnkwɑlkɑʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒNCUALCAX(I)-TL pI- -TIN jaw / quijada (X) [(3)Xp.85]. This is literally 'saliva box.' X marks the vowel of the second syllable long, but it is short in T's TĒNCUALAC-TLI. See TĒNCUALAC-TLI, CAX(I)-TL, TĒNCUĀTZIN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 224–225.

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