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cuauhtzontetl.

Headword: 
cuauhtzontetl.
Principal English Translation: 

trunk or stump of a tree, a piece of a timber or a beam (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cuauhtzontetl
IPAspelling: 
kwɑwtsontetɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

CUAUHTZONTE-TL pl: -MEH trunk or stump of a tree, a piece of a timber or a beam / tronco de árbol o de madera (M), pedazo de palo o de viga (T) [(4)Tp.120]. See CUAHU(I)TL, TZONTE-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 65.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Plants, Trees, Flora