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ichpocatzintli.

Headword: 
ichpocatzintli.
Principal English Translation: 

very young girl, maiden (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
ichpocatzintli
IPAspelling: 
itʃpokɑtsintɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

(I)CHPOCATZIN-TLI very young girl, maiden / mozuela (M), joven (mujer) (Z for (I)CHPOCA-TL) [(1)Bf.4v,(2)Zp.73,157]. Z has a long vowel in the second syllable, but B specifically marks it short. See (I)CHPŌCH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 93.

themes: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Women, Men, Gender