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tlaxeloliztli.

Headword: 
tlaxeloliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of dividing and sharing something; or, a division or distribution (see Molina; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑʃeloːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaxeloliztli. el acto de diuidir y partir alguna cosa, o partija.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 145v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLAXELŌLIZ-TLI division, appointment / el acto de dividir y partir alguna cosa o partija (M), separación, división (Z) [(3)Zp.47,115,217]. See XELOĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 303.

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