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tzatzapal.

Headword: 
tzatzapal.
Principal English Translation: 

sea bass and several other types of fish (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzahtzapal
IPAspelling: 
tsɑhtsɑpɑl
Frances Karttunen: 

TZAHTZAPAL-IN pl: -MEH sea bass and several other types of fish / mojarra (pescado corriente que hay en la barranca) (T) [(1)Tp.234, (1)Xp.97].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 310.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Hunting or Fishing