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yamaxtzin.

Headword: 
yamaxtzin.
Principal English Translation: 

something soft, delicate (diminutive) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yamāxtzin
IPAspelling: 
yɑmɑːʃtsin
Frances Karttunen: 

YAMĀXTZIN something soft, delicate (diminutive) / blandito, suavecito (Z) [(1)Zp.20,117,231]. See YAMĀNQUI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 335.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)