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tlatlacolmecatl.

Headword: 
tlatlacolmecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

the bonds of sin (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtlacōlmecatl
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkoːlmekɑtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTLACŌLMECA-TL the bonds of sin / la soga de los pecados (C) [(1)Cf.71r]. See TLAHTLACŌL-LI, MECA-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 263.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)