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cuachichiquilli.

Headword: 
cuachichiquilli.
Principal English Translation: 

a feather crest (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuāchichiquilli, quachichiquilli
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːtʃitʃikilli
Alonso de Molina: 

quachichiquilli. cresta de pluma.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀCHICHIQUIL-LI feather crest / cresta de pluma (M) [(1)Tp.129]. See CUĀ(I)-TL, CHICHIQUIL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 56.

themes: 
Art, Crafts
Feathers
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments