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necuhtli.
Headword:
necuhtli.
Principal English Translation:
nectar, honey, unfermented juice
Orthographic Variants:
neuctli, necutli, necuctli
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents necuhtli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
cuauhnecuhtli = honey
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
...cuauhnecuhtli o miel de árbol. Había otra miel, elaborada por los abejones, llamados Xicot (jicotes en el español de época), que son una especie de bombus; esta miel era almacenada por los insectos en las paredes de las casas.
necuhtli = miel
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