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quiquiztli.

Headword: 
quiquiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

conch shell trumpet (see Karttunen and Molina); conch horn (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
kikistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

quiquiztli. bozina de caracol, o caracol que sirue de bozina, o de trompeta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 90r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

QUIQUIZ-TLI conch shell trumpet / bocina de caracol, o caracol que sirve de bocina o de trompeta (M) [(3)Cf.104r,109r,120r]. See QUIQUIC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 212.

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Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Music, Song, Dance
Shells