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ichcacuahuitl.

Headword: 
ichcacuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

silk-cotton tree, ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ichcacuahuitl
IPAspelling: 
itʃkɑkwɑwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ICHCACUAHU(I)-TL pl: -TIN silk-cotton tree, ceiba (Ceiba pentandra) / árbol de algodón (X) [(3)Xp.45]. See ICHCA-TL, CUAHU(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 92.

IDIEZ morfema: 
ichcacuahuitl.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
root of ICHCACUATITLAN. perhaps meaning cotton plant.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
ICHCACUATITLAN iyollo. Hueliz quihtoznequi ichcatl icuayo.
IDIEZ morfología: 
ichcatl, cuahuitl.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.