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tlatlacamatiliztli.

Headword: 
tlatlacamatiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

obedience (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlācamatiliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtɬɑːkɑmɑtilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLATLĀCAMATILIZ-TLI obedience / obediencia (Z) [(2) Zp.90,214]. M has tetlacamatiliztli ‘obedience.’ The distinction is that M’s entry represents TĒTLĀCAMATILIZ-TLI ‘obedience of someone,’ while this is ‘obedience of something (such as a rule or order).’ See TLĀCAMAT(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 297.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality