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tentlamachitoa.

Headword: 
tentlamachitoa.
Principal English Translation: 

"to say something by grace or pastime" (see Molina; translation may leave something to be desired; SW)

IPAspelling: 
teːntɬɑmɑtʃihtoɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tentlamachitoa. nitla. (pret. onitlatentlamachito.) dezir algo por via gracia o passatiempo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.