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tlayecoa.

Headword: 
tlayecoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to fight fiercely in battle (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlayecoa yaocni
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑjekoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlayecoa yaocni. yaoc onitlayeco. pelear fuertemente enla batalla.
tlayecoa. ni. (pret. onitlayeco.) pelear fuertemente enla batalla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 121r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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