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temimiltic.

Headword: 
temimiltic.
Principal English Translation: 

shaped like a pillar, like a stone column; cylindrical, round like a pillar

Attestations from sources in English: 

ca yehhuatl ic pepenalo, in cualli itlachieliz, in mimatqui, in mimatini, in chipahuac inacayo, cuillotic, acatic, piaztic, iuhquin otlatl, ipanoca temimiltic, amo
tlacazolnacayo, amo tomahuac, amo no tete... = indeed he who was thus chosen was of fair countenance, of good understanding, quick, of clean body, slender, reed-like, long and thin, like a stout cane, like a stone column all over, not of overfed body, not corpulent, nor very small, nor exceedingly tall. (b.2 f.2 p.65)
Joe Campbell, Nahuat-L Discussion List, Facebook, December 27, 2016,

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

temimiltic intlahtol = sus palabras firmes
Miguel León-Portilla, La tinta negra y roja: Antología de poesía náhuatl, edición bilingue (2009).,/BIBL.