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tamalxoctli.

Headword: 
tamalxoctli.
Principal English Translation: 

pot for steaming tamales (See Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɑmɑlʃoktɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TAMALXOC-TLI pot for steaming tamales / olla para poner tamales (T) [(1)Tp.223]. See TAMAL-LI, XOC-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 214.

themes: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Food, Eating, Cooking