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patz.

Headword: 
patz.
Principal English Translation: 

This element is a constituent of many constructions having to do with liquid (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
pātz
IPAspelling: 
pɑːts
Frances Karttunen: 

PĀTZ- This element is a constituent of many constructions having to do with liquid; PĀTZCA 'to squeeze liquid out of something,' PĀTZIHU(I) 'for a swelling to subside/ PĀTZCALAQU(I) 'to sink,' PĀTZTŌCA 'to submerge something,' etc. This preserves the Proto-Uto-Aztecan *P that has been lost in Ā-TL 'water, liquid.'
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 189.