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ixquichcahuitl.

Headword: 
ixquichcahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

up until a certain point in time, meanwhile, during a certain period (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxquichcāhuitl
IPAspelling: 
iːʃkitʃkɑːwitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXQUICHCĀHU(I)-TL up until a certain point in time, meanwhile, during a certain period / todo el tiempo pasado, hasta el tiempo presente, hasta éste tiempo (S) [(5)Cf.103r,109r,123v]. This is often written separated, ĪXQUICH CĀHUITL. See ĪXQUICH, CĀHU(A).

ĪXQUICHCĀUH See ĪXQUICHCĀHU(I)-TL
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 118.

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Time, Calendar, Frequency