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olochtlatzotzonani.

Headword: 
olochtlatzotzonani.
Principal English Translation: 

group of musicians (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
olōchtlatzotzonanih
IPAspelling: 
oloːtʃtɬɑtsotsonɑnih
Frances Karttunen: 

OLŌCHTLATZOTZONANIH This is a plural, which is formed by adding -H. group of musicians / grupo de músicos (Z) [(2)Zp.64,180]. In one of the attestations, the vowel of the next to last syllable is marked long. See OLŌCH-TLI, TLATZOTZONANIH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 178.