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ixtlaltzin.

Headword: 
ixtlaltzin.
Principal English Translation: 

someone with dirt on their face (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
īxtlāltzin
IPAspelling: 
iːʃtɬɑːltsin
Frances Karttunen: 

ĪXTLĀLTZIN someone with earth on his face / una persona que tiene tierra en la cara (T) [(1)Tp.137]. See ĪX-TLI, TLĀL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 121.