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tlàtòcātlàtōlli.

Headword: 
tlàtòcātlàtōlli.
Principal English Translation: 

the ruler's word, i.e. command (see Molina)

For diacritics, see: Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 169.

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtohkɑːtɬɑhtoːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatocatlatolli. mandato de gran señor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.