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cantli.

Headword: 
cantli.
Principal English Translation: 

cheeks (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑntɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

cantli. carrillos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
cāntli.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
root of CĀMPĀN, CĀMPOHTIC, CĀMPALĒTAH and CĀMPETZIQUIUHTIC. a person or an animal’s cheek.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
CĀMPĀN, CĀMPOHTIC, CĀMPALĒTAH huan CĀMPETZIQUIUHTIC iyollo. Ce achi icuetlaxxo iixxayac macehualli, tecuani zo tlapiyalli tlen quitzacua itlancoch huan inenepil; nouhquiya quitzacuilia itlacuahcual quemman tlacua [Mc. 12v].
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.
themes: 
Anatomy