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melahualiztli.

Headword: 
melahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a plain and straight life, correct, proper (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
melaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
melɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

melaualiztli. vida llana y derecha.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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