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tzahualiztli.

Headword: 
tzahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of spinning thread or yarn (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
tsɑwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tzaualiztli. el acto de hilar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 151v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tzahualiztli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing
See also: 
malacatl.