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nexcomitl.

Headword: 
nexcomitl.
Principal English Translation: 

vessel for soaking maize in lime water (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nexcōmitl
IPAspelling: 
neʃkoːmitɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

NEXCŌM(I)-TL vessel for soaking maize in lime water / olla para poner nixtamal (T) [(1)Tp.178] . Z has a gloss that seems to refer to the process of preparing nixtamal rather than to the container which is its literal referent. See NEX-TLI, CŌM(I)-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 171.

themes: 
Corn, Maize
Technology, Tools
Water