tlaximaltepoztli.

Headword:

tlaximaltepoztli.

Principal English Translation:

a hatchet for working wood

Orthographic Variants:

tlaximaltepuztli

Alonso de Molina:

tlaximaltepuztli. hacha para desbastar, o labrar madera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 146r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English:

See an image that represents tlaximaltepoztli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes:

Technology, Tools

Wood, wooden material