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ihuitl, tlapalli, tizatl nictlalia.

Headword: 
ihuitl, tlapalli, tizatl nictlalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to give someone advice about the best action to take for his or her own best interests (a metaphor; see Molina); literally, I set down feathers, paints, and chalk

Orthographic Variants: 
iuitl, tlapalli, tizatl nictlalia
Alonso de Molina: 

iuitl, tlapalli, tizatl nictlalia. (pret. iuitl, tlapalli, tizatl onictlali.) auisar a alguno y aconsejarle lo quele conuiene
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 44r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles