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in tetl in cuahuitl.

Headword: 
in tetl in cuahuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

stone and wood, i.e. punishment

Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 128.

Orthographic Variants: 
in tetl in quahuitl
themes: 
Crime, Punishment
Stones, Masonry
Wood, wooden material