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tlapayahuitl.
Headword:
tlapayahuitl.
Principal English Translation:
a heavy rain (see attestations)
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents tlapayahuitl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
peuhqui tlapayahuitl ytlacotian agosto huel miec huehuezque caltin yhuan huel miec matoctin yhuan quicauh Çahuatl anrierostin aocmon huel panohuaya = Empezó la lluvia intensa a mediados de agosto. Se cayeron muchas casas y muchas se anegaron. Los arrieros dejaron el río Zahuatl porque no lo podían cruzar. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
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