something used to thicken or curdle milk (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlatetzaualoni
IPAspelling:
tɬɑtetsɑːwɑloːni
Alonso de Molina:
tlatetzaualoni. quajo o cosa semejante para quajar leche. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.