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calmelactli.

Headword: 
calmelactli.
Principal English Translation: 

a large and long room, or the corridor of a house (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑlmelɑktɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

calmelactli. sala grande y prolongada, o corredor dela casa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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