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yolyamaniliztli.

Headword: 
yolyamaniliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

softening of a hardhearted person (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
yoːlyɑmɑːnilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

yolyamaniliztli. blandura de corazon assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 40r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

YŌLYAMĀNILIZ-TLI consideration, tenderheartedness / blandura de corazón (M), consideración (Z) [(2)Zp.32,232]. Z has YE for YA and NAL for NIL. See YŌL-, YAMĀNIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 344.

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Emotions
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