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tlatlazalhuilli zacatl.

Headword: 
tlatlazalhuilli zacatl.
Principal English Translation: 

something relating to plowing; the reference to zacatl (weeds, hay, straw) may involve claring the land for agriculture (see Molina; this loose translation to English is from Stephanie Wood)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlazalhuilli zacatl. vencejo para arar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
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See also: 
zacatl.