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netlamachtilli.

Headword: 
netlamachtilli.
Principal English Translation: 

wealth

Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 128–129.

riches, good fortune

Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 170.

IPAspelling: 
netɬɑmɑtʃtilli
Frances Karttunen: 

NETLAMACHTIL-LI riches, good fortune / riqueza, prosperidad, y gozo (C) [(1)Cf.46r]. See TLAMACHTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 170.

Attestations from sources in English: 

in netlamachtilli in necuiltonolli. = wealth and abundance
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 128–129.

themes: 
Money, Coins, Wealth