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ompa hualquiztonatiuh.

Headword: 
ompa hualquiztonatiuh.
Principal English Translation: 

the East, where the sun rises (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ompa ualquiztonatiuh
Alonso de Molina: 

ompa ualquiztonatiuh. leuante. s. la parte oriental, donde sale el sol.
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: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena