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tlazaloliztli.

Headword: 
tlazaloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the glue that holds two things together, or the act of gluing things together (see Molina); mosaic work (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑsɑːloːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlazaloliztli. pegadura de vna cosa con otra, o el acto de pegar alguna cosa a otra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 115r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAZĀLŌLIZ-TLI act of joining or gluing two things together, mosaic work / pegadura de una cosa con otra, o el acto de pegar alguna cosa a otra (M) [(1)Bf.10v]. See ZĀLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 305.

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