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ameyalatl.

Headword: 
ameyalatl.
Principal English Translation: 

sources of water, springs (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːmeːjɑlɑːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

ameyalatl. agua de fuente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"ameyalatl s. Agua de manantial, de fuente. R. atl, meya. ameyalco cf. AMEYALLI. ameyalla s. Manantial, fuente, agua corriente. R. ameyalatl, tla. ameyalli s. Fuente, manantial. Con la posp. co: ameyalco, en la fuente o la fuente. R. atl, meya."
Rémi Siméon, Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana (1977), 24.

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