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eltlapechtli.

Headword: 
eltlapechtli.
Principal English Translation: 

protector for a chest-strap or tumpline (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ēltlapechtli
IPAspelling: 
eːltɬɑpetʃtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĒLTLAPECH-TLI protector for a chest-strap or tumpline / protector para la correa o mecapale (Z) See ĒL-LI, TLAPECH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 78.