tlacatecolohuitztli.

Headword:

Principal English Translation:

a type of thorn, spine, splinter, or thistle (relating to the devil, in the post-contact point of view? and perhaps relating to blood-letting in self-sacrifice) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

tlacatecolouitztli

IPAspelling:

tɬɑːkɑtekoloːwitstɬi

Alonso de Molina:

tlacatecolouitztli. cierto abrojo o espino.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 115v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites

Religion (Christian)

Religion (Indigenous)