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zazaltic.

Headword: 
zazaltic.
Principal English Translation: 

something sticky, such as paste or something similar

Orthographic Variants: 
çaçaltic
IPAspelling: 
sɑsɑːltik
Alonso de Molina: 

zazaltic. lo mesmo es que zazalic.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ZAZĀLTIC something sticky, viscous / cosa pegajosa como engrudo, o cosa semejante (M) [(1)Tp.221, (3)Zp.95,130,201]. M gives as synonyms çaçaltic and çaçalic. T has a short vowel in ZAL despite the clear relationship to ZĀLIHU(I) and ZĀLOĀ. In one of three attestations Z marks the vowel long. See ZĀLOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 347.