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- noun sports a
ceremonial ball game once played by theAztecs ; evolved into theulama game.
Etymologies
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Examples
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So much has happened on the earth since Pompeiians painted their frescoes, since Zapotecs played tlachtli.
roots 2005
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So much has happened on the earth since Pompeiians painted their frescoes, since Zapotecs played tlachtli.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Specifically, they have looked for sacred or ritual aspects of ulama; links in terminology (the word for the field, taste [TA-stay], for example, is very similar to the Náhuatl word tlachtli, which means ballcourt or ballgame); how the balls are made and what that might tell us about ball making in the past; how the game, with its quirky, elusive rules, was played; and the role of women in the sport, past and present.
Extreme Sport 2003
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The name is from _tezcatl_, mirror, _tlachtli_, the game of ball, and locative ending
American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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