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tlamahuizpololiztli.

Headword: 
tlamahuizpololiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

shame, insult , dishonor (see Molina and Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlamauizpololiztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑmɑwispoloːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlamauizpololiztli. infamia o deshonra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 126r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAMAHUIZPOLŌLIZ-TLI shame, insult / infamia o deshonra (M), insulto (Z) [(2)Zp.72,211]. In both attestations the vowel of the second syllable is marked long, but it should not be. See MAHUIZPOLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 280.

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