texcatl. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

texcatl.

Principal English Translation:

bedbug (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

tēxcatl

IPAspelling:

teːʃkɑtɬ

Frances Karttunen:

TĒXCA-TL pl: -MEH bedbug / chinche (T) [(1)Tp.227]. See TĒXCAN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 238.

themes:

Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.