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tlachtli (iou)



tlachtli noun. L19.
[Nahuatl.]
Chiefly Hist. Among the Aztecs, Mayas, and other Central American Indian peoples: a ball game, played on an I-shaped court, in which players use knees, hips, and elbows to direct a solid rubber ball into the opponent's end of the court or through either of two vertically-placed rings. Also called pok-ta-pok.