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nahualitoa.

Headword: 
nahualitoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to say something using trickery in order to fool or deceive others (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
naualitoa, nahualihtoa, naualihtoa
IPAspelling: 
nɑːwɑlihtoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

naualitoa. nitla. (pret. onitlanaualito.) dezir algo cautelosamente para enlabiar, o embaucar a otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition