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zonehualiztli.

Headword: 
zonehualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the growth of the river, etc. (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
zoneualiztli
IPAspelling: 
soːneːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

zoneualiztli. crecimiento de rio. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ZŌNĒHUALIZ-TLI swelling, expansion, inflation, flood / crecimiento de río, etc. (M) [(1)Tp.130]. T has I for A. See ZŌNĒHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 349.