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mictlancayotl.

Headword: 
mictlancayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

something pertaining to the realm of the dead (see Karttunen); or hell (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
miktɬɑːnkɑyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

mictlancayotl. cosa infernal, o del infierno.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

MICTLĀNCAYŌ-TL something pertaining to the realm of the dead / cosa infernal o del infierno (M) [(1)Cf.53V, (I)Rp.44]. C also gives the synonymous short form MICTLĀNYŌ-TL. See MICTLĀN-TLI, -YŌ .
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 147.