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tlatzilhuia.

Headword: 
tlatzilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to be weary of something or someone; to be apathetic about or disgusted by something (see Molina and Karttunen); or, to detest, loathe, or hate someone

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtsilwiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatzilhuia. nite. (pret. onitetlatzilhui.) aborrecer a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 142v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

aborrecer a otro. nite, cocolia. nite, tlatzilhuia. nite, tlaylitta. anel niteitta. nite, tlaellatzilhuia. nite, yhia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLATZILHUIĀ vt to be weary of something or someone, to be apathetic about or disgusted by something / aborrecer a otro (M), aborrecer algo que de en rostro, como la comida el enfermo (C) [(2)Cf.64r]. altern. applic. TLATZIHU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 301.

themes: 
Emotions
Behavior, Personality