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ilihuiztlatoa.

Headword: 
ilihuiztlatoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to say something without feeling or consideration (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
iliuiztlatoa
IPAspelling: 
iːliwistɬɑhtoɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

iliuiztlatoa. n. (pret. iliuiz onitlato vel. oniliuiz tlato.) hablar cosas sin tiento ni consideracion.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 37v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĪLIHUIZTLAHTOĀ to speak carelessly, unguardedly / hablar cosas sin tiento ni consideración (M) [(1)Cf.77r, (I)Rp.90]. See ĪLIHUIZ, (I)HTOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 104.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition