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atecomatl.

Headword: 
atecomatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a round pumpkin or squash (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːtekomɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

atecomatl. calabaza redonda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĀTECOM(A)-TL water gourd / calabaza redonda (M), guaje (calabazo para agua) (T)[(1)Tp.171,(6)Xp.28]. See Ā-TL, TECOM(A)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 12.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora