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acalchimaltica.
Headword:
acalchimaltica.
Principal English Translation:
in shield-boats, with the use of shield-boats (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
IPAspelling:
ɑːkɑltʃiːmɑltikɑ
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
auh in mexica acalchimaltica micalque monamicque tlatilolca moch tlahuiztli co[n]maq'[ui]que = Y los mexicanos combatieron con canoas escudo, se enfrentaron a los tlatelolcas, todos llevaban puestas sus insignias. (ca. 1582, Mexico City)