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nezohuatiloyotl.

Headword: 
nezohuatiloyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

marriage (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nezohuahtīlōyōtl
IPAspelling: 
nesowɑhtiːloːyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

NEZOHUAHTĪLŌYŌ-TL marriage / matrimonio, casamiento (T) [(1)Tp.167]. This implies an otherwise unattested reflexive use of ZOHUAHTIĀ, which in its transitive (and literal) sense means 'for a man to take a wife.' See ZOHUAHTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 172.