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tepoz amatl.

Headword: 
tepoz amatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a thin metal, paper-like; tinplate? corrugated iron? (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tepuz amatl
Alonso de Molina: 

tepuz amatl. hoja de milan, o cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 103v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metals, Mining