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tlalmahuiltiliztli.

Headword: 
tlalmahuiltiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of a child making small mounds of earth (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlalmauiltiliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlmɑːwiːltiːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalmauiltiliztli. el acto de jugar assi el nino. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 124r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence