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tlaletzalli.

Headword: 
tlaletzalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a dark-colored honey bee or wasp (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːletsɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaletzalli. aueja de miel parda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 123v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abispa parda. tlaletzalli tlaletzatl.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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