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atlanelollo.

something pure, not mixed (see Molina)

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atlanematcachiuhtli.

something done an inconsiderate way (see Molina)

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atlanhuia.

ɑːtɬɑːnwiɑ

to drown
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 211.

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atlanonotzalli.

ɑhtɬɑnoːnoːtsɑlli

undisciplined, poorly educated (see Molina)

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atlantoxahua.

ɑːtɬɑːntoʃɑːwɑ

Orthographic Variants:

atlantoxaua

to unload or to lighten a ship or boat (see Molina)

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atlapalli.

ɑhtɬɑpɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

ahtlapalli

a leaf, or a bird wing (see Molina and Karttunen); also part of the metaphorical expression for commoners, macehualli

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ātlapāni.

1. an elevated terrain on the bank of a river. 2. an elevated terrain jutting over water.

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ātlapanico.

1. an elevated terrain on the bank of a river. 2. an elevated terrain jutting over water.

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atlapechtli.

ɑːtɬɑpeːtʃtɬi

Orthographic Variants:

ātlapēchtli

slope, side of a gully (see Karttunen)

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atlaquemmanti.

ɑhtɬɑkeːmmɑnti

there is insufficient time or it is not a good time to do something (see Molina)

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atlaquetzalli.

fine chocolate, a hot beverage (see Sahagún)

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a seller of fine chocolate
Fr. Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain; Book 10 -- The People, No. 14, Part 11, eds. and transl. Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble (Santa Fe and Salt Lake City: School of American Research and the University of Utah, 1961), 93.

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