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tlalxotlaliztli.

Headword: 
tlalxotlaliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a burning of the land; a marking of the land's boundaries (see Molina 1555 and 1571)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlʃotɬɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalxotlaliztli. amojonamiento assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abrasamiento tal [de la tierra]. tlalxotlaliztli. tlalli tlatlazliztli.
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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