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metztli cualo.

Headword: 
metztli cualo.
Principal English Translation: 

to be in eclipse (a verb, referring to the moon) (see Molina); literally, the moon is eaten; see also qualometztli

Orthographic Variants: 
metztli qualo
Alonso de Molina: 

metztli qualo. eclipsarse la luna.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Celestial Phenomena