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tlani.

Headword: 
tlani.
Principal English Translation: 

to win, to beat another person at a game (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlani. nite. (pret. onitetlan.) ganar a otro jugando, o enjuego.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 129r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

tlani. nitla. (pret. onitlalan.) ganar algo enjuego.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 129r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

tle notech quitlaniz = will accuse me

themes: 
Sports, Games, Leisure