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tlatzacuillotl icayan.

Headword: 
tlatzacuillotl icayan.
Principal English Translation: 

the doorjamb or pivothole below the door (see Molina; transl. to English here by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatzacuillotl ycayan
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatzacuillotl ycayan. el quicio baxo dela puerta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 142v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings