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tlapaltehuilotl.

Headword: 
tlapaltehuilotl.
Principal English Translation: 

Tehuilotl (glass, crystal) can come in various colors, and therefore it will appear in compound words such as this one for amethyst, which apparently has a red tone. See: https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/search?term=tehuilotl&view=text&filters=

Orthographic Variants: 
tlapalteuilotl
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑpɑltewiloːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlapalteuilotl. cristal colorado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
ayopaltehuilotl.
tehuilotl.