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cempohualtianquiztli.

Headword: 
cempohualtianquiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

festivals or markets that take place every twenty days (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
cempoal tianquiztli, cempohual tianquiztli
Alonso de Molina: 

cempoal tianquiztli. ferias o mercados de veinte en veinte dias.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 16v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Numbers, Math
Time, Calendar, Frequency