walnut tree; also may refer to the drugging of fish to make them easier to catch (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
michpahtli
IPAspelling:
mitʃpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen:
MICHPAH-TLI walnut tree / nogal (Z) [(2)Zp. 89, 168]. The literal sense of this, ‘fish potion,’ refers to its use in fishing, the leaves having a narcotic effect rendering the fish easier prey. See MICH-IN, PAH-TLI. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 146.