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adobe(s) (a type of earthen brick)
iciuhca conixmana tetica, xantica yoan cequi quavitl inic tlaatzopque = quickly went filling in the canals and making them level with stones, adobes, and some logs, with which they closed off the water.
cẽca miyec yn hualtepehuia tetl. yn xamitl calticpac nohuian techachan, tlalli tepehuia. nohuian ytlacauh yn calli yn tepantli moch cuitlatzayan. yn manel yãcuic calli yn quin moch omochiuh omoquetz. mochi oc cenca yehuatl, moch itlacauh tzatzayan = much stone, adobe, and earth came falling in various directions from the tops of the houses. The houses were damaged everywhere; the walls all ripped open even if they were new houses just built; those especially were all damaged and cracked. (central Mexico, 1611)
in tetl yn quahuitl yn ihuan xamitl yn ipan popoliuh castolli pesos yhuan cenpetlatl ychcatl = la piedra y el adobe y madera y que abian gastado en las dichas casas quinze pesos y un fardo de algodon (Ciudad de México, 1569)
camo nicmati yn canpa hualla y tetl in quahuitl yn xamitl = no sabe quien aya traído la madera piedra y adobes (Ciudad de México, 1569)
yquac quiquatlapoque yn iteocal caxtilteca Sant Josep quipehualtique xamixalcopinaloc ynic quicoyauhque ytecopan dotor Sayz yhuan Huesteua Ballestero = Entonces, los españoles destecharon su templo de San José. Empezaron a hacerlo con adobes arenosos para ampliarlo, por orden del doctor Zaenz y de Esteban Ballesteros. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)