Nahuatl Word Recognition I

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In a message dated 7/26/99 2:36:20 PM EST, campbel at indiana.edu writes:

<<   tzoaztli

 1. what does it mean?
 2. *how* does it mean? (i.e., what are its meaning parts?)
 3. is it ambiguous?
  >>

1.  trap
2.  itzoma - cover something with straw; ual - towards, aci - arrive.
3.  Sounds like a trap to me.  What do you mean ambigous?