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nelhuatl.

Headword: 
nelhuatl.
Principal English Translation: 

root (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
nelwɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

NELHUA-TL pl: -MEH root / raíz (T) [(2)Tp.167,237,(2)Zp.105,176]. Z has Ā in the first syllable in place of E. The inalienably possessed form is probably -NELHUAYŌ, but there are no unambiguous attestations. See NELHUAYŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 163.