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tenahualahualiztli.

Headword: 
tenahualahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of mocking or scoffing or censuring another person (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tenaualaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
teːnɑːwɑlɑhwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tenaualaualiztli. mote. s. el acto de motejar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 98v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.