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tlachihualtepetl.

Headword: 
tlachihualtepetl.
Principal English Translation: 

a human-made hill or mountain; i.e. pyramid

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtʃiːwɑltepeːtɬ
Attestations from sources in English: 

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

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Oncan tlami yn otli yuan yn xiuitl ynic ualenenque yn tolteca yn icxicouatl yn quetzalteueyac ynic acico yn tlachiualtepetl ycatcan = Ahí termina el camino y los años en que anduvieron los tolteca Icxicouatl y Quetzalteueyac para llegar a Tlachihualtepetl ycatcan. (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 119, 146.

Couenan tlamacazqui yn tlachiaco yn tlamaceuaco yn tlachihualtepetl ycatcan = El tlamacazqui Couenan vino a hacer penitencia, vino a ver a Tlachihualtepetl ycatcan [en Cholullan, Cholula; y en una versión de 1937, la traducción dice que "El sacerdote Couenan tuvo una visión" de la pirámide] (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 143.