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ciahuiliztli.

Headword: 
ciahuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

effort

Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

Orthographic Variants: 
çiyahuilliz, ciauiliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

ciauiliztli. cansancio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

omochiuh miza cantada yn ciahuiliz teopixqui l[icencia]do Martines li[cencia]do d[on] Di[eg]o de Bargas ypan xihuitl 1664 = se hizo misa cantada con el esfuerzo de los sacerdotes licenciado Martínez y licenciado don Diego de Vargas, en el año de 1664 (Puebla, 1638–1677)
Amelia Camacho Pascoe, Proyecto Amoxcalli, http://www.amoxcalli.org.mx/fichaTecnica.php?id=377, f. 19.