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iztlacatlatolli.

Headword: 
iztlacatlatolli.
Principal English Translation: 

lie (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
iztlacatlahtōlli
IPAspelling: 
istɬɑkɑtɬɑhtoːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

(I)ZTLACATLAHTŌL-LI lie / mentira (T) [(1)Tp. 133]. M has iztlacatlatoliztli ´the art of lying.´ See IZTLACA-, TLAHTŌL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 125.