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centlani.

Headword: 
centlani.
Principal English Translation: 

an abyss, an abysm, something very deep; or, the deep ocean (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
sentɬɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

centlani. abismo, cosa muy honda, o pielago.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 18r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abismo. cosa profunda y baxa. centlani. yxachicatlan.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

Frances Karttunen: 

CENTLANI in the depths, the abysm / abismo, cosa muy honda o pielago (M) en el abismo, en lo mas profundo (C) [(3)Cf.93v]. See CEM, TLANI
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 31.

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