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cuauhximalli.

Headword: 
cuauhximalli.
Principal English Translation: 

timber shavings; or, little splinters; or, a carved stick or carved "idol" (see Molina)

See the hieroglyph for Cuauhximalpan in the Codex Mendoza:
https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhximalpan-05v

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhximalli
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhximalli. acepilladuras, o astillas pequeñas, y palo o ydolo labrado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents cuauhximalli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Religion (Indigenous)
Technology, Tools
Wood, wooden material