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amaitl.

Headword: 
amaitl.
Principal English Translation: 

an estuary of the sea (see Molina); literally, an arm or branch of a body of water

IPAspelling: 
ɑːmɑːitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

amaitl. estero de mar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

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

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