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one who shakes or sifts something; perhaps one who brushes off clothing; the same meaning as tlatzetzeloani (see Molina and other terms starting with tlatzetzel-)

tɬɑtswiːteki
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatzhuītequi

to beat someone (see Karttunen)

an ear of corn or maize detached and removed from the cane, or the like (see Molina)

tɬɑtsikwiniːlistɬi

a throwing of the ball, or the splashing of something liquid (?) (see Molina)

tɬɑtsiwi
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziui

to be idle, to be lazy, slothful (see also Karttunen)

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 239.

to be lazy.
# Ni. Una persona, animal salvaje y animal doméstico no quiere hacer nada. “Juan Tomás es muy flojo porque no quiere escardar su milpa”.
to feel lazy.
# Nimo. Una persona no quiere hacer nada y solamente quiere estar nomás. “Yo no como porque nada mas me hago flojo porque maíz hay y de comer tambien”.
tɬɑtsiwiliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatzihuiliā

for something to make someone apathetic or disgusted (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuiliztica
tɬɑtsiwilistɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuiliztli
tɬɑtsiwini
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuini
tɬɑtsiwiskɑːtʃiːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuizcachiua

to do something lazily (see Molina)

tɬɑtsiwiskɑːwɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuizcaua

to leave something undone (out of laziness) (see Molina)

tɬɑtsiwiskwiːtiɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuizcuitia

to make someone lazy (see Molina)

laziness (see Olmos)

tɬɑtsiwistikɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuiztica

lazily, out of laziness (see Molina)