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ixtezcatl.

Headword: 
ixtezcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

eyeglasses (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
iːʃteskɑtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

ixtezcatl. anteojos para ver.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 47v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

IDIEZ morfema: 
īxtēzcatl.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
glasses.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Tlen motlalhuilia iixco macehualli quemman ayoc tlachiya; tlachihchihualli quence ixtiyolli huan quipiya ome imah. “Nopa quemman quiahxitih ompohualli huan mahtlactli xihuitl mocohuih ce ixtezcatl pampa ayoccanah tlachiyayaya. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
īxtli, tēzcatl.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.