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pochinqui sedatilmatli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
pochinqui sedatilmatli.
Principal English Translation: 

velvet (partly a loanword from Spanish, seda, silk) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
puchinqui sedatilmatli
Alonso de Molina: 

puchinqui sedatilmatli. terciopelo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 83v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing