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tlatetemani.

Headword: 
tlatetemani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who prepares the foundation for a wall, filling a ditch with stones and a mixture of calcium oxide, sand, and water (see Molina and the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtetemɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatetemani. el que haze cimiento de pared hinchendo la zanja de piedra y mezcla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Stones, Masonry