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tzontlalia.

Headword: 
tzontlalia.
Principal English Translation: 

to fulfill or come to the limit of the measurement (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tsontɬɑːliɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tzontlalia. nitla. (pret. onitlatzontlali.) colmar la medida.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 153v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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