something that frightens people, terrifying things; frightful
See an image that represents temamauhti in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
in manel ye huel temahmauti, yn ahmo tenehualoni = even though really frightening and unmentionable
in cenca temamauhti = these very terrifying things (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
huel senca temamauhti yhuan tetequipacho yn oquimochihuilico = What they came to do took people greatly aback and troubled them.
huel temamauh mochiuh = fue de espanto (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)