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tenexcontli.

Headword: 
tenexcontli.
Principal English Translation: 

lime kiln (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tenexcōntli
IPAspelling: 
teneʃkoːntɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TENEXCŌN-TLI pl: -TIN lime kiln / horno para cocer la cal (X) [(3)Xp.85]. See TENEX-TLI, CŌM(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 225.

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