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tetzacuiltiloni.

Headword: 
tetzacuiltiloni.
Principal English Translation: 

a punishable offense (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tētzacuiltīlōni
IPAspelling: 
teːtsɑkwiltiːloːni
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒTZACUILTĪLŌNI punishable offense / la culpa digna de castigar (C), digno de ser castigado (C) [(2)Cf.45r]. The vowel of the fourth syllable should be long by general rule but is not so marked in the attestations. See TZACUILTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 236.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment