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tlatetentli.

Headword: 
tlatetentli.
Principal English Translation: 

a wood pile, or the foundations of a wall, full of stones (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑteteːntɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatetentli. hacina de leña, o cimiento de pared ya sacado y lleno de piedra. &c.
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: 

nocallatetentli = the foundation of my house; note how calli + tlatetentli combine to become "ll" at the transition point (dropping a "t" and an "l")Joseph Augustin de Aldama y Guevara, Arte de la lengua mexicana (Mexico: BIbliotheca Mexicana, 1754), 26.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

nocallatetentli = cimiento de mi casa
Joseph Augustin de Aldama y Guevara, Arte de la lengua mexicana (Mexico: BIbliotheca Mexicana, 1754), 26.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Stones, Masonry
Wood, wooden material