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nentlamachiliztli.

Headword: 
nentlamachiliztli.
IPAspelling: 
neːntɬɑmɑtʃilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

nentlamachiliztli. congoxa, angustia, o aflicion.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 68v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NĒNTLAMACHILIZ-TLI anxiety, distress / congoja, angustia, o aflicción (M), determinación (Z) [(2)Zp.45,177]. Z's gloss does not seem to follow directly from the component parts of this item. See NĒN, TLAMACHTILIZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 168.

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