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tenxochitl.

Headword: 
tenxochitl.
Principal English Translation: 

one who speaks well but works poorly; or, one who fulfills his or her word (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēnxōchitl
IPAspelling: 
teːnʃoːtʃitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tenxochitl. el que tiene buenas palabras y malas obras, o el que cumple de palabra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 100r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

tēnxōchitl = flores de los labios
Nelson Yolohmazatl, grupo "Nahuatl," Facebook, 3 sept 2013.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition