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tlanamiquiliz tlatolli.

Headword: 
tlanamiquiliz tlatolli.
Principal English Translation: 

words or sayings that make truth out of what is to be investigated or verified (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlanamiquiliz tlahtolli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlanamiquiliz tlatolli. palabras, o dichos que hazen verdad lo que se pretende aueriguar o verificar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 127r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition