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tɬiːltekomɑtɬ

inkwell or notary (see Molina)

tɬiːltetɬ

paragraph; a point above a letter; or a tilde (literally, black stone)

a black woman (see attestations)

black flint; jet, black amber (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tliltic tepuztli

iron; a known metal (see Molina); appears to refer to a black metal

tɬiːltik
Orthographic Variants: 
tiltic, tlilihqui

black, the color; or, a black person, a person of African heritage; to specify a black woman, this word could be combined with cihuatl

tɬiːltikɑ

blackness (see attestations)

blackness

Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 112.

tɬiːltikɑːskɑtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlīlticāzcatl

black ant (see Karttunen)

a black spider (see Molina)

black women, African women in Mexico (see attestations)

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), 220–221.

black people, black men (see also tliltic, singular)

tɬiːltiketɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlīltiquetl

black bean (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tliltlaquiloli

a piece of writing that is written in black ink

tɬiːltsɑpotɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlīltzapotl

black sapota, a fruit with black flesh (see Karttunen)

tɬiːlʃoːtʃitɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlilxuchitl

vanilla orchids (literally, black flowers) (see Karttunen)

1. a flame that shoots up. 2. comet, shooting star. 3. whirlwind. 4. lightning bolt.
to put s.t. on the fire for a short time so that it will soften or heat up a bit.
# una persona pone en la lumbre una cosa nada mas un rato para que se haga un poco blando. “nosotros cuando hacemos tamales, siempre lo pasamos en la lumbre iczoh para poder amarrar bien”.
to apply fire to a griddle or pot in order to cook s.t.
# una persona le pone fuego a su comal o su oya para que se caliente, que hierba o que se cosa una cosa. “aquella abuelita le pone fuego a su atole para tomar sus nietos”.