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mictlanyotl.

Headword: 
mictlanyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

something pertaining to the realm of the dead (see Karttunen); or, something hellish, or hell

Orthographic Variants: 
mictlānyōtl
IPAspelling: 
miktɬɑːnyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

MICTLĀNYŌ-TL something pertaining to the realm of the dead / cosa infernal o del infierno (K) [(1)Cf.53V, (I)Rp.44]. C gives this as synonymous with MICTLĀNCAYŌ-TL. See MICTLĀN-TLI, -YŌ .
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 147.