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quexapaztli.

Headword: 
quexapaztli.
Principal English Translation: 

large earthenware tub (See Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
quexahpāztli
IPAspelling: 
keʃɑhpɑːstɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

QUEXAHPĀZ-TLI large earthenware tub / apastle, lebrillo (de barro) (Z) [(3)Zp.12,76,184). The first element may be related to QUEXĪL-LI 'groin' or QUECH-TLI 'neck.' See AHPĀZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 210.

themes: 
Ceramics, Pottery