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tlaixcuaitl.

Headword: 
tlaixcuaitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the front and top of something; or, the top of the threshold where the door hits (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaixquatl, tlaixquaitl
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaixquaitl. la frente de alguna cosa, o lo alto del vmbral donde bate la puerta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 123r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

tlaixquatl. la frente de alguna cosa, o lo alto del vmbral donde bate la puerta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 123r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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