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tzintiliztli.

Headword: 
tzintiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the beginning, the start, the foundation of something (see Molina and Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tsiːntilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tzintiliztli. principio, comienzo o fundamento de alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 152v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TZĪNTILIZ-TLI the beginning or foundation of something / principio, comienzo o fundamento de alguna cosa (M) [(2)Cf.75v]. See TZĪNTI, TZĪN-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 314.