Search Issues: Update 2026-09-16 - Repairs to some of our search pages are ongoing. Thank you for your continued patience!

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

ateconxochitl.

Headword: 
ateconxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the flower of the guaje vine (Lagenaria siceraria, Lagenaria leucantha), the fruits of which are made into water containers (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āteconxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
ɑːtekonʃoːtʃitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀTECONXŌCHI-TL pl: -MEH flower of the guaje vine (Lagenaria siceraria, Lagenaria leucantha), The fruits of which are made into water containers / flor de huaje (X)[(1)Xp.28]. X does not mark the first vowel long. See ĀTECOM(A)-TL, XŌCHI-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 12.

themes: 
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora
Water