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cueponcayotl.

Headword: 
cueponcayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

to flower, or the act of blooming (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kwepoːnkɑːyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

cueponcayotl. abrimiento de flor, o el acto de brotar la dicha flor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 26r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUEPŌNCĀYŌ-TL possessed form; -CUEPŌNCĀ the opening, blooming of flowers / abrimiento de flor, o el acto de brotar la dicha flor (M), el abrirse de las flores (C) [(1)Bf.4r,(1)Cf.49r]. See CUEPŌN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 70.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora