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zazo tlein.

Headword: 
zazo tlein.
Principal English Translation: 

whatever it will be; or whatever thing it might be (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
zazotlein, çaçotlein, çaço tlein
Alonso de Molina: 

zazotlein. sea lo que fuere, oqualquier cosa que fuere.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.