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tlatzihuiztli.

Headword: 
tlatzihuiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

laziness, sloth (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatziuiztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtsiwistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatziuiztli. pereza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 143r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Cuix aca otictlatzihuizmauh = Did you infect someone with laziness
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 97.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Cuix aca otictlatzihuizmauh = Causaste floxedad, a alguno
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 96–97.