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tlaltenantli.

Headword: 
tlaltenantli.
Principal English Translation: 

an obstacle or barrier to prevent an invasion or the discovery of something (see Molina and the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːltenɑntɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaltenantli. valladar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.