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tlalli tlatla.

Headword: 
tlalli tlatla.
Principal English Translation: 

for the land to burn, roast, be boiling hot (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlalli tlatla. (pret. tlalli otlatlac.) arder, o abrasarse la tierra de calor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abrasarse la tierra de grā calor. xotla, tlalxotla. tlalli xotla. tlalli tlatla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 2r.

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