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yaohuehuetl.

Headword: 
yaohuehuetl.
Principal English Translation: 

war drum (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yāōhuēhuētl
IPAspelling: 
yɑːoːweːweːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

YĀŌHUĒHUĒ-TL war drum / tambor (C) [(1)Cf.120r]. See YĀŌ-TL, HUĒHUĒ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 335.

themes: 
Music, Song, Dance
War, Conflict