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tlatolhuelic.

Headword: 
tlatolhuelic.
Principal English Translation: 

one who speaks softly and pleasantly (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtōlhuēlic
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtoːlweːlik
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatolhuelic. persona de suaue y gustosa habla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 141r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

tlahtōlhuēlic = habla agradable
Nelson Yolohmazatl, grupo "Nahuatl," Facebook, 3 sept 2013.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition