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patiyo.

Headword: 
patiyo.
Principal English Translation: 

something costly (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
patiyoh
IPAspelling: 
pɑtiyoh
Frances Karttunen: 

PATIYOH something costly / cosa que tiene precio o que vale tanto (M), precio alto, caro, costoso (Z) This is abundantly attested in T and Z. T has a variant with E for I. It contrasts with PAHTIYOH 'something with medicinal properties.' See PATI,-YOH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 188.

themes: 
Money, Coins, Wealth