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atemitli.

Headword: 
atemitli.
Principal English Translation: 

a reservoir or tank of water

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

sesen chiutica mo popoacan in ome atemitli, au no quin mo penatili aquin amo tlapale huis ix mo popoas ca huei pena ipan mochihuas = cada año limpiaron los dos depósitos de agua. Pues también, éllos, caminaron con pena á los que no quisieren ayudar a limpiar, a éstos, gran castigo se les impondría (Estado de Hidalgo, ca. 1722?)
Rocío Cortés, El "nahuatlato Alvarado" y el Tlalamatl Huauhquilpan: Mecanismos de la memoria colectiva de una comunidad indígena (New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, Colonial Spanish American Series, 2011), 34, 46.

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