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atlihuani.

Headword: 
atlihuani.
Principal English Translation: 

a drinking cup, probably made from gourd (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
atliuani
Attestations from sources in English: 

centetl tlacuiloltecomatl atlihuani = un tecomate para beber (Xochimilco, 1577)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 214–215.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

atliuani = vaso para beber, de atli, beber
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (Mexico: Siglo XXI, 1996), xxviii.

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Beverages
Food, Eating, Cooking
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