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tlatetzilolli.

Headword: 
tlatetzilolli.
Principal English Translation: 

thread, cord, something twisted (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatetzīlōlli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtetsiːloːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

TLATETZĪLŌL-LI thread, cord, something twisted / torcido, torzal (Z) [(3)Zp.123,124,216]. See TETZĪLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 296.

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