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tlaltenamitl.

Headword: 
tlaltenamitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the wall of a fortress (Molina); the components suggest a wall made from earth; a fence or a barricade (see attestations)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːltenɑːmitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaltenamitl. baruacana de fortaleza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

fence or barricade
Susan Kellogg, Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700 (Norman and London: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), 227.

themes: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
See also: 
tenamitl.