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tlaoliniliztli.

Headword: 
tlaoliniliztli.
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑoliːnilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaoliniliztli. meneamiento de algo, o el acto de menear, o mouer algo.
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.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAOLĪNILIZ-TLI earthquake, tremor, movement in general / meneamiento de algo, o el acto de menear o mover algo (M), temblor, terremoto (T) [(1)Tp.233]. See TLAOLĪN(I), TLĀLŌLĪNILIZ-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 287.