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nemaconi pahtli.

Headword: 
nemaconi pahtli.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal aid for intestinal troubles, for colic; possibly a method for emptying the abdomen

Orthographic Variants: 
nemaconi pahtli
Alonso de Molina: 

nemaconi patli. tristel o ayuda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 66v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"nemaconi. instr. Todo lo que sirve para darse also; nemaconi patli, clíster. R. maca."
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lenga náhuatl o mexicana, 320.

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