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texaltetl.

Headword: 
texaltetl.
Principal English Translation: 

whetstone, sandstone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
texāltetl
IPAspelling: 
teʃɑːltetɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TEXĀLTE-TL pl: -MEH whetstone, sandstone / piedra arenosa, piedra para afilar (T) [(1)Tp.227]. M has texalli 'sandstone used for sharpening tools.' See TEXĀL-LI, TE-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 238.