tlachinolli teoatl.

Headword:

tlachinolli teoatl.

Principal English Translation:

war or battle (metaphor) (see Molina); flood and conflagration; pestilence; disasters

Orthographic Variants:

tlachinolli teuatl

Alonso de Molina:

tlachinolli teuatl. guerra o batalla. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 117v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English:

otopan muchiuh anozo otopan onquiz: in iuhqui teuatl, tlachinolli: quitoznequi: cocoliztli, anozo uel yehoatl in yaoyotl = They said: Divine liquid and fire have overcome us, have swept over us. This means pestilence or war itself.
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 146–147.

themes:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense

Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles

War, Conflict