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ixtlapal yatica cruz.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ixtlapal yatica cruz.
Principal English Translation: 

the arms of a cross, or the wooden cross piece of a cross (see Molina)
(contains a loanword from Spanish: cruz, cross)

Alonso de Molina: 

ixtlapal yatica cruz. los brazos dela cruz, o el madero atrauesado dela cruz.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 48r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)