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tlamacehualiz nahuatia.

Headword: 
tlamacehualiz nahuatia.
Principal English Translation: 

to order that someone does penance; or, to persuade someone to do meritorious deeds (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamaceualiz nauatia
Alonso de Molina: 

tlamaceualiz nauatia. ni. (pret. onitlamaceualiznauati.) mandar hazer penitencia, o persuadir a hazer obras meritorias.
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.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)