T | Nahuatl Dictionary

(central Mexico, 1613)
see Annals of His Time: Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, James Lockhart, Susan Schroeder, and Doris Namala, eds. and transl. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006), 258–259.

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tlāltēmiā.

1. to throw dirt at s.o. or an animal. 2. to throw a handful of dirt on the dead person that one is burying.

# una persona le avienta tierra a alguien o una cosa. “yo le eche tierra Sandra cuando quería pegarme”.

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tlaltemia.

tɬɑːlteːmiɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tlāltēmiā

to fill something in with dirt (see Karttunen)

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tlaltemilia.

tɬɑːlteːmiliɑː

Orthographic Variants:

tlāltēmiliā

to fill something in with dirt for someone (see Karttunen)

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tlaltenamitl.

tɬɑːltenɑːmitɬ

the wall of a fortress (Molina); the components suggest a wall made from earth; a fence or a barricade (see attestations)

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tlaltenantli.

tɬɑːltenɑntɬi

an obstacle or barrier to prevent an invasion or the discovery of something (see Molina and the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española)

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tlāltepactli.

the world, the earth.

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tlaltepehualli.

tɬɑːltepeːwɑlli

Orthographic Variants:

tlaltepeualli

piled dirt, or a mound of dirt in close proximity (see Molina)

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tlaltepexitl.

tɬɑːltepehʃitɬ

Orthographic Variants:

tlāltepehxitl

gorge, ravine (see Karttunen)

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tlaltepoztli.

Orthographic Variants:

tlaltepuztli

a hoe or plow (see Molina)

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tlaltepoztli.

tɬɑːltepostɬi

Orthographic Variants:

tlaltepuztli, tlatepoztli

literally, "land iron," this can be safely considered a Spanish hoe or mattock (azadón)
James Lockhart, The Nahuas after the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992), 200.

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