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tlatemantli.

Headword: 
tlatemantli.
Principal English Translation: 

a cobblestone or paved road (see Molina; transl. to Engl. here by SW); perhaps also something flattened, as in the pieces of gold that were made for tribute payments (see below)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtemɑntɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatemantli. suelo empedrado o enlosado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 134v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
coztic teocuitla tlatemantli.
tlatlatemantli.