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tzinanatli.

Headword: 
tzinanatli.
Principal English Translation: 

a type of plant, possibly milkweed (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzīnānahtli
IPAspelling: 
tsiːnɑːnɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TZĪNĀNAH-TLI a type of plant, possibly milkweed / una clase de planta (tiene la vaina con semilla que vuela en el aire) (T) [(1)Tp.243]. Because of the ambiguity of syllable-final –H and –UH in T, it is possible that this should be –NAUH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 312.

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Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Plants, Trees, Flora