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something that makes an agreeable sound (see Molina and Karttunen); also seen to mean the Nahuatl language, although Nahuatlahtolli more commonly referred to the language
See an image that represents nahuatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
"They do not pronounce some of our letters, which we use all the time in speech and writing. These are B, D, F, G, H, R, S and L, but this applies only to the speech. I refer only to the Mexican language . . . for almost all their words have been adapted to things with such precision and care, that the name alone is enough to indicate the nature of any important thing." (Central Mexico, 1571–1615)
ynic peuhqui temachtili caxtilancopa ynic otzonquiz tonahuatlatolcopan temachtili = Comenzó a predicar en castellano y terminó el sermón en nuestra lengua náhuatl. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)