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cuchillo tentli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
cuchillo tentli.
Principal English Translation: 

the cutting edge of a knife (see Molina; partly a loanword from Spanish, cuchillo, knife)

Orthographic Variants: 
cochillo tentli
Alonso de Molina: 

cuchillo tentli. filo de cuchillo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

cochillo tentli. filo de cuchillo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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