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tlexictli.

Headword: 
tlexictli.
Principal English Translation: 

fire pit, hearth (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlexīctli
IPAspelling: 
tɬeʃiːktɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLEXĪC-TLI fire pit, hearth / hornillo (Z) [(2)Zp.69,219]. See TLE-TL, XĪC-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 308.

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