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temilli.

Headword: 
temilli.
Principal English Translation: 

seemingly, a rocky planted field (see attestations)

Lockhart’s Nahuatl as Written: 

tetl, mīlli. 233
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 233.

Attestations from sources in English: 

yhuan yni tlalli mochiuhtica temilli = and this land is made into a cultivated field (Coyoacan, 1622)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 4, 64–65.

Molina's entry for centemilli gives sementera (cultivated field), with the added element, cen-.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Stones, Masonry
See also: 
milli.
centemilli.
tetl.