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papaquiliz tlalhuia.

Headword: 
papaquiliz tlalhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to announce great happiness; or, to order that everyone be happy (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

papaquiliz tlalhuia. nite. (pret. onitepapaquiliz tlalhui.) anunciar alegria, o mandar que se alegren todos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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