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acalchimaltica.

Headword: 
acalchimaltica.
Principal English Translation: 

in shield-boats, with the use of shield-boats (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
R. Joe Campbell, Florentine Codex Vocabulary, 1997 .

IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑltʃiːmɑltikɑ
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

auh in mexica acalchimaltica micalque monamicque tlatilolca moch tlahuiztli co[n]maq'[ui]que = Y los mexicanos combatieron con canoas escudo, se enfrentaron a los tlatelolcas, todos llevaban puestas sus insignias. (ca. 1582, Mexico City)
Luis Reyes García, ¿Como te confundes? ¿Acaso no somos conquistados? Anales de Juan Bautista (Mexico: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Biblioteca Lorenzo Boturini Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Guadalupe, 2001), 184–185.

themes: 
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Transportation, Travel
War, Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Heraldry