a concealed trap meant to do harm to one's enemies (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tenauallatequiliztli
Alonso de Molina:
tenauallatequiliztli. celada encubierta para hazer mal a los contrarios. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 98v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.