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ahuializtli.

Headword: 
ahuializtli.
Principal English Translation: 

smoothness of aroma, or of something pleasing and delicious (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
auializtli
IPAspelling: 
ɑhwiɑːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

auializtli. suauidad de olor, o de cosa gustosa y sabrosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

AHHUIĀLIZ-TLI fragrance / suavidad de olor, o de cosa gustosa y sabrosa (M) See AHHUIĀYA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 6.

themes: 
Emotions
Food, Eating, Cooking
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)