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tlaihualli.

Headword: 
tlaihualli.
Principal English Translation: 

a messenger or someone who is sent on an errand; or, one who is kicked out of his house (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaiualli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑiːwɑlli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaiualli. mensajero, o el que es embiado con algun mandado, o el que es echado y despedido de casa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 122v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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