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xochitla.

Headword: 
xochitla.
Principal English Translation: 

flower garden (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xōchitlah, xuchitla
IPAspelling: 
ʃoːtʃitɬɑh
Alonso de Molina: 

xuchitla. floresta o jardin.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 161v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

xochitla. jardin.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 160r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

XŌCHITLAH flower garden / jardín (M) M also gives the reduplicated form of this, XOHXŌCHITLAH, with the same gloss. See XŌCHI-TL, -TLAH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 329.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora