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momotzaltic.

Headword: 
momotzaltic.
Principal English Translation: 

something rough, scratchy (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
mohmotzaltic
IPAspelling: 
mohmotsɑltik
Frances Karttunen: 

MOHMOTZALTIC something rough, scratchy / rasposa (T) [(1)Tp.149) ]. Related forms in T and C lack the internal glottal stop. See MOMOTZOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 151.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)