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tlamamatlayahualli.

Headword: 
tlamamatlayahualli.
Principal English Translation: 

a spiral staircase (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamamatlayaualli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑmɑtɬɑjɑːwɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlamamatlayaualli. caracol de escalera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.