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tlalxotla.

Headword: 
tlalxotla.
Principal English Translation: 

to mark the land with boundary markers; or, for the land to get burned (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːlʃotɬɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlalxotla. ni. (pret. onitlalxotlac.) amojonar tierras.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abrasarse la tierra de grā calor. xotla, tlalxotla. tlalli xotla. tlalli tlatla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 2r.

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