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yamancayotl.

Headword: 
yamancayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

smooth, as in an easy life with richness and prosperity (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
yɑmɑːnkɑːyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

yamancayotl. blandura, yper metaphoram. quiere dezir, riqueza y prosperidad.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

YAMĀNCĀYŌ-TL softness, richness / blandura, y per metaphoram quiere decir riqueza y prosperidad (M) [(1)Cf.53r]. See YAMĀNQUI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 334.