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tziquilayotli.

Headword: 
tziquilayotli.
Principal English Translation: 

chilacayote, a soft squash (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tziquilayohtli
IPAspelling: 
tsikilɑyohtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TZIQUILAYOH-TLI pl: -MEH chilacayote, a soft squash / chilacayote (calabaza pinta) (T) [(2)Tp.109,243]. See TZILACAYOH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 315.

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Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Trees, Flora
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)