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yamactic.

Headword: 
yamactic.
Principal English Translation: 

something soft and elastic (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
jɑmɑktik
Alonso de Molina: 

yamactic. cosa blanda, y muelle.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
yamactic.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
food that is soft and therefore easily chewed.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Ce tlamantli tlacualiztli tlen cualli mocua pampa axcanah chicahuac. “Tlahuel yamactic ni tlaxcalli huan yeca cualli quicua ce pilconetzin tlen ayicanah quipiya itlancoch. ”
IDIEZ def. español: 
1. Una cosa comestible que se come bien porque no está muy duro. “Está tortilla está muy blandito y por eso lo come bien este niño que aún no tiene dientes”.
IDIEZ morfología: 
yamactli, ti1, cā.
IDIEZ gramática: 
quen.