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zammocatlalli.

Headword: 
zammocatlalli.
Principal English Translation: 

for a deathly sick person to be the color of dirt

Orthographic Variants: 
çammocatlalli
Alonso de Molina: 

zammocatlalli. tener ya color de tierra el enfermo que esta in extremis.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 14r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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