teuhtlalli.

Headword: 
teuhtlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a dry dusty topsoil (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

“According to Sahagún (1963, p. 255), ‘Its name comes from teuhtli/dust and tlalli/earth. This is the top soil and the upland; that is, dry land.’ It has been suggested elsewhere that teuhtlalli might be equated with a loesslike soil of silky texture (Williams, in press, b).” (p 56)
Barbara J. Williams, "Pictorial Representation of Soils in the Valley of Mexico: Evidence from the Codex Vergara," Geoscience and Man 21 (1980), 51–62.