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ompa ontlaneci chalchihuitl.

Headword: 
ompa ontlaneci chalchihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a precious stone such as the transparent emerald (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
ompa ontlaneci chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

ompa ontlaneci chalchiuitl. piedra preciosa casi como esmeralda trasparente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 76v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments
Stones, Masonry
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade