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tlatecuiniani.

Headword: 
tlatecuiniani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who makes a thundering sound by kicking, pounding his feet, or punching (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtekwiniɑːni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatecuiniani. el que haze estruendo con patadas o golpes grandes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 134v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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