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tlatlacahuiloa.

Headword: 
tlatlacahuiloa.
Principal English Translation: 

to bamboozle someone, to speak blarney, or to take someone in with sweet talk or gifts (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatlacauiloa
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkɑːwiloɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlacauiloa. nite. (pret. onitetlatlacauilo.) enlabiar, o persuadir a otro con halagos, o dadiuas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 137r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrificial Rites