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tepoztlalli.

Headword: 
tepoztlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

iron filings, rust (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepoztlālli
IPAspelling: 
tepostɬɑːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

TEPOZTLĀL-LI iron filings, rust / limaduras de hierro (M), moho (T) [(3)Tp.226]. See TEPOZ-TLI, TLĀL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 231.

themes: 
Metals, Mining