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to go straight
See an image that represents tlamelahua in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
This can have the directional hual- (in this direction) on the front, referring to a direct arrival. The "l" of hual can then be elided with the tla- of tlamehua to producing, conceivably, huallamelahua.
tlamelahua ynpa hueyn antlatli = pasa de largo vía recta sobre la barranca grande (San Marcos Tlayacac, Morelos, "1546"; no earlier than 1666)
micho tlanaquilitaque huehueytlaca pipiltzintzintin yc hualamelauhque y hueyotl xolal = a todo iban respondiendo los adultos y los niños (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
ohualtlamelauh S[an] Ant[oni]o yequen Domingo ocalac itec Ciudad = Llegó rectamente a San Antonio; hasta después en Domingo hizo su entrada a la Ciudad (Puebla, 1797)