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tetl cuahuitl.

Headword: 
tetl cuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a sickness or punishment (a metaphor); literally stones, sticks

Orthographic Variants: 
tetl quauitl, tetl quahuitl.
Alonso de Molina: 

tetl quauitl. enfermedad o castigo. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
Stones, Masonry