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ahuillatolli.

Headword: 
ahuillatolli.
Principal English Translation: 

words of vanity or talking just to pass the time (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
auillatolli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːwillɑhtoːlli
Alonso de Molina: 

auillatolli. palabras vanas, o de passatiempo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 9v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition