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tlaloliniliztli.

Headword: 
tlaloliniliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

an earthquake (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlālōlīniliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːloːliːnilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀLŌLĪNILIZ-TLI earthquake / temblor [(3)Xp.91]. X retains the long vowel of the first syllable of ŌLĪNIĀ here, although elsewhere it appears short in compounds. See TLĀL-LI, ŌLĪNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 276.