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tlaolinilia.

Headword: 
tlaolinilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to lose the fetus as a result of some disaster and not voluntarily; to miscarry a fetus; or, for a pregnant woman to intentionally lose a fetus (abort) (see Molina 1555 and 1571)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlaolinilia. nino. (pret. oninotlaolinili.) mouer la criatura, por algun desastre, y no de voluntad.
tlaolinilia. nite. (pret. onitetlaolinili.) hazer mouer la criatura ala que esta preñada.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 130r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abortar por algun desastre y sin voluntad. nino, tlaolinilia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

to lose the fetus as a result of some disaster and not voluntarily; or,

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