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tlatlatemantli.

Headword: 
tlatlatemantli.
Principal English Translation: 

literally, enameled ground, but probably referring to a type of pavement (see Molina), apparently smooth and flat like the gold pieces prepared for tribute payment in the expresssion "coztic teocuitla tlatemantli," below (SW)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑtemɑntɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlatemantli. suelo enlosado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 139r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
coztic teocuitla tlatemantli.
tlatemantli.