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tlatlacotl.

Headword: 
tlatlacotl.
Principal English Translation: 

boil, swelling (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlātlacōtl
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːtɬɑkoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀTLACŌ-TL pl: -MEH boil, swelling / tlacote, clacote (T) [(1)Tp.241]. M has tlacoton ’boil, sore, pustule.’ This appears to be related to TLACŌ-TL ‘staff, stick’ although the common meaning is not evident.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 297.