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tenexcalli.

Headword: 
tenexcalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a lime kiln; or, the house where lime is kept (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teneʃkɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tenexcalli. horno de cal, ola casa donde se guarda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tenexcalli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Technology, Tools
See also: 
calli.
tenextic.
tenexhuia.