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tlilloa.

Headword: 
tlilloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to swell with soot or ink; to make something black or to smudge something (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlilloa. ni. (pret. onitlilloac.) henchirse de tizne, o de tinta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 147v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

tlilloa. nitla. (pret. onitlatlilo.) ennegrecer algo, o tiznar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 148r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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