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tetlahuelilocatiliztli.

Headword: 
tetlahuelilocatiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

perversion (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetlauelilocatiliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tetlauelilocatiliztli. lo mesmo es que tetlauelilo cacuitiliztli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110-4-01 Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Ihuan ma yecuel ticmocuitlahui tiquelehui in cueitl, i huipilli; teahuilquixti, teizolo, tecatzauh, tetlahuelilocatili = Cuídate todavía de desear la falda, el huipil, porque infama, deshonra, ensucia, pervierte (centro de México, s. XVI)
Josefina García Quintana, "Exhortación de un padre a su hijo; texto recogido por Andrés de Olmos," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 11 (1974), 166–167.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)