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chalchiuhteuh.

Headword: 
chalchiuhteuh.
Principal English Translation: 

in the manner of precious green stones (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
chālchiuhtēuh
IPAspelling: 
tʃɑːltʃiwteːw
Frances Karttunen: 

CHĀLCHIUHTĒUH in the manner of precious green stones / a manera de esmeraldas (C) [(1)Cf.18v]. See CHĀLCHIHU(I)-TL, -ĒHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 45.

themes: 
Stones, Masonry
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade