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ayatlaquentli.

Headword: 
ayatlaquentli.
Principal English Translation: 

part of a garment, cover (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āyātlaquēntli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːyɑːtɬɑkeːntɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀYĀTLAQUĒN-TLI part of a garment, cover / bocamanga , cobija (Z) [(1)Zp.142]. The literal sense of this is ‘ayate-garment’. See ĀYĀ-TL,TLAQUĒN-TLI, QUĒM(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 16.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing
See also: 
ayatl.
quemitl.