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nenahualiztli.

Headword: 
nenahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a dance involving men who have their arms around each other's necks (see Molina); this puts them very close together (see nenahuac) (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
nenaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
nenɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

nenaualiztli. danza delos que van abrazados por los cuellos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 67v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
nenahuac.