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tlaltatactli.

Headword: 
tlaltatactli.
Principal English Translation: 

plowed land, or piled up to make an adobe, in which the earth was taken from and a hole was left (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːltɑtɑktɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaltatactli. tierra ayuntada, o amontonada para hazer adobes. &c. la qual tierra se saco de alguna parte y quedo hecho hoyo despues de sacada.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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