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cuanacayotl.

Headword: 
cuanacayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

the skin of the scalp (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuānacayōtl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑːnɑkɑyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUĀNACAYŌ-TL the skin of the scalp / la carne del casco de la cabeza (M), su cresta (Z for possessed form, referring to chicken’s comb ) [(2)Zp.35,157]. See CUĀ(I)-TL, NAC(A)-TL, -YŌ, CUĀNACA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 60.