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tlacopatli.

Headword: 
tlacopatli.
Principal English Translation: 

pelican flower (Aristolochia gandiflora) (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlacōpahtli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑkoːpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACŌPAH-TLI pelican flower (Aristolochia gandiflora)/ cierta planta medicinal (R), guaco (K) [(1)Rp.140]. R only indicates the glottal stop in PAH-TLI. Although TLACŌ-TL ‘staff, pole’ seems more likely for the first element, TLĀCOH-TLI ‘slave’ is equally possible. See PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 256.

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
Flowers
Plants, Trees, Flora
Slavery