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xicalahuatl.

Headword: 
xicalahuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

oak kindling wood (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
xīcalāhuātl
IPAspelling: 
ʃiːkɑlɑːwɑːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

XĪCALĀHUĀ-TL oak kindling wood / leña de encino (Z) [(1)Zp.228]. See XĪCALOĀ, ĀHUĀ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 323.

themes: 
Plants, Trees, Flora
Wood, wooden material