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tlaelehuiliztli.

Headword: 
tlaelehuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

greed, or the desire for something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaeleuiliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑeːleːwilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaeleuiliztli. codicia, o deseo de algo, apetito o antojo de alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 120r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAĒLĒHUILIZ-TLI desire, craving / codicia o deseo de algo, apetito o antojo de alguna cosa (M) [(1)Cf.93v]. In the single attestation the vowel of the second syllable is marked long. See ĒLĒHUIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 259.