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yecatl.

Headword: 
yecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

fresh water (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
jeːkɑːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

yecatl. agua dulce.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 34v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents yecatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Water