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yohualtetzahuitl.

Headword: 
yohualtetzahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a vision or a phantom that appears at night; a ghost (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
youaltetzauitl
IPAspelling: 
jowɑlteːtsɑːwitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

youaltetzauitl. vision o fantasma que parece de noche.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 41v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Dreams, Visions
See also: 
yohualli.
tetzahuitl.