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tlatelchihualiztli.

Headword: 
tlatelchihualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

words of scoffing or reproach; a curse (see Molina 1571 and Karttunen); an abomination, atrocity, something disgusting (see Molina 1555)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatelchiualiztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑteltʃiːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatelchiualiztli. escarnecimiento o reproche desta manera.
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.

abominacion. tlatelchiualiztli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLATELCHĪHUALIZ-TLI words of scoffing or reproach, curse / escarnecimiento o reproche (M), maldición, condenación (Z) [(3)Zp.32,80,215]. See TELCHĪHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 295.

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