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tlannanatza.

Headword: 
tlannanatza.
Principal English Translation: 

to grind one's teeth in anger, or to nip with the teeth (see Molina; Engl. transl. here by SW)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑnnɑnɑtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlannanatza. nino. (pret. oninotlannanatz.) cruxir los dientes de enojo, o dar tenazadas conellos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 129r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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