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apitzalpatli.

Headword: 
apitzalpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

turmeric (see Karttunen); literally, an herbal remedy for diarrhea (see apitzalli and patli or pahtli)

Orthographic Variants: 
āpītzalpahtli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːpiːtsɑlpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀPĪTZALPAH-TLI turmeric / camotillo, planta conocida. Item otras tres plantas medicinales (R)[(1)Rp.62]. R fails to mark the vowels of the first two syllables long, but T has them long in the verb ĀPĪTZ(A) ´to have diarrhea.´ See ĀPĪTZAL-LI, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 12.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora