⚠ Site currently under repair ⚠

Search Issues: Update 2026-08-06

Some of our more complex, multi-field searches (such as the search field on our homepage and Search All Fields) are currently under repair and may not work as expected.

Thank you to all our users who emailed to alert us to the problem! We hope to have it repaired soon.

Meanwhile, elements of the Advanced Search are working and the Alphabetical Listings are working, too.

atlaxilia.

Headword: 
atlaxilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to open a mound in order to let the irrigation water into the field; to flood a field with irrigation water (see Molina and Rémi Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːtɬɑːʃiliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

atlaxilia. nitla. (pret. onitlaatlaxili.) abrir la era para regarla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8v.
col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Landscape Features
Water