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tlatlaloa.

Headword: 
tlatlaloa.
Principal English Translation: 

for several people to run in the same direction but in an unorganized way (see Karttunen); and without the glottal stop and with different vowel lengths, this can mean the opposite, to run in an orderly, sequential fashion (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtlaloā
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑloɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAHTLALOĀ vrefl for several people to run in the same direction but in an unorganized way / corremos hacia una parte (C for first pers. plural subject) [(2)Cf.72v]. This distributive form contrasts with TLĀTLALOĀ, ‘To run in an orderly, sequential fashion.’ redup. TLALOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 264.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)
Sports, Games, Leisure