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tlalquiquiztli.

Headword: 
tlalquiquiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

gunpowder (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

ic quiteixpan huizquê inaquìquê quipiâ in yaonechichihualiztli, tlalquiquiztli, yhuan valas, yhuan Alcabuses ic aya quitlàtiz = para que presentasen los que la tuvieren como es pólvora, balas y arcabuses, y que nadie la ocultare (Puebla, 1797)
Anales del Barrio de San Juan del Río; Crónica indígena de la ciudad de Puebla, xiglo XVII, eds. Lidia E. Gómez García, Celia Salazar Exaire, y María Elena Stefanón López (Puebla: Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, BUAP, 2000), 107.