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tlahuelilocatilia.

Headword: 
tlahuelilocatilia.
Orthographic Variants: 
tlauelilocatilia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑweːliːloːkɑːtiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlauelilocatilia. nite. (pret. onitetlauelilocatili.) hazer vellaco a otro, operuertillo.
tlauelilocatilia. nino. (pret. oninotlauelilocatili.) hazerse malo y vellaco.
tlauelilocatilia. nitla. (pret. onitlatlauelilocatili.) peruertir y malear a los otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 144r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHUĒLĪLŌCĀTILIĀ vt to pervert and corrupt others / hacer vellaco a otro o pervertirle (M), pervertir y malear a los otros (M) [(3)Cf.60r]. applic. TLAHUĒLĪLŌCĀT(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 269.