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quachtli

quachtli noun: a piece of standardized cloth used as currency in Mesoamerica until shortly after the arrival of Europeans.

Noun

quachtli (plural quachtlis)

  1. A piece of standardized cloth used as currency in Mesoamerica until shortly after the arrival of Europeans.

Forms of quachtli

pluralquachtlis

Origin of quachtli

From Nahuatl [Term?].

Questions about quachtli

What does quachtli mean?
Quachtli means a piece of standardized cloth used as currency in Mesoamerica until shortly after the arrival of Europeans.
What part of speech is quachtli?
Quachtli is a noun.
What is the plural of quachtli?
The plural of quachtli is quachtlis.

Words near quachtli in the dictionary

  1. quacha
  2. quachas
  3. Quaches
  4. quachil
  5. quachils
  6. quachtli
  7. quachtlis
  8. quack
  9. quack grass
  10. quack like a duck
  11. quack-breech

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