tzauhtli. | Nahuatl Dictionary

tzauhtli.

Headword:

tzauhtli.

Principal English Translation:

glue (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

tzauctli

IPAspelling:

tsɑwktɬi

Frances Karttunen:

TZAUC-TLI glue / engrudo (M) This is indirectly attested in the sources for this dictionary in forms built on TZACU(A) and TZACU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 311.

Attestations from sources in English:

Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg identifies tzauhtli as: "orchid mucilage used as a glue."
Personal communication, May 8, 2022.