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tlatetemalli.

Headword: 
tlatetemalli.
Principal English Translation: 

an organized wood pile (see Molina); or, such a pile of stones (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtetemɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatetemalli. hacina de leña.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See the Codex Osuna for an organized pile of stones gathered by Nahua macehuales at the behest of Juan de Cuenca, the mayordomo of the principal church (in Itztapalapa?). The test reads: "in oncan inic tlatetemalo inic tlatequipanollo"
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/?sp=81&st=image

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)
Wood, wooden material