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ehuatlapitzalli.

Headword: 
ehuatlapitzalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a bagpipe (this is a neologism for a musical instrument introduced to Mexico by Spaniards) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
euatlapitzalli
IPAspelling: 
eːwɑtɬɑpiːtsɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

euatlapitzalli. gayta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 29v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Imperialism (Spanish)
Music, Song, Dance