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tlatemolia.

Headword: 
tlatemolia.
Principal English Translation: 

to investigate, interrogate

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑteːmoliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatemolia. nino. (pret. oninotlatemoli.) examinarse, trayendo ala memoria sus pecados o lo que hizo, para se confessar.
tlatemolia. nite. (pret. onitetlatemoli.) hazer inquisicion, pesquisa, o informacion contra alguno.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 135r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLATĒMOLIĀ vrefl, vt to examine oneself for faults, to practice introspection; to carry out an investigation of someone / examinarse, trayendo a la memoria sus pecados, o lo hizo para se confesar (M), hacer inquisición, pesquisa, o información contra alguno (M), lo esculca (T) [(3)Tp.210]. See TĒMOLIĀ.TLATĒMOLILIĀ applic. TLATĒMOLIĀ.TLATĒMOLĪLŌ nonact. TLATĒMOLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 295.