itztic atl.

Headword: 
itztic atl.
Principal English Translation: 

cold water (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

itztic atl. aguafria.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 43r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

In atl itztic, in atl ceccec topan quichioa in totecuyo. Inin tlatolli, itechpa mitoa: in iquac itla topan quimuchiuilia in totecuyo. = Our Lord dashes cold water, icy water upon us. This is said when our Lord causes some misfortune to happen to us. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 164–165.

themes: 
Water