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tzopelica tlatoa.

Headword: 
tzopelica tlatoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to speak sweetly (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tzopelica tlahtoa
Alonso de Molina: 

tzopelica tlatoa. ni. (pret. onitzopelicatlato.) hablar dulcemente.
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.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition