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atoctlalli.

Headword: 
atoctlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

alluvial soil; a piece of moist, fertile land
The alluvial soil interpretation comes from: Benno P. Warkentin, Footprints in the Soil: People and Ideas in Soil History (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006), 23.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Maria Tiacapan nicmaca tomines yei pexus yuan ce metlatl auh yuan chinamitl ontetl auh yuan tochi ocan mani atoctlalli = E a María Tiacapan le doy tres pesos y una piedra de moler, y dos camellones y dos suertes de tierra (Xochimilco, Tlaxcala, 1569)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 2, Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVI, eds., Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias Tecnología, 1999), 152–153.

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