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tlecuezallotl.

Headword: 
tlecuezallotl.
Principal English Translation: 

spark, ember, blaze (see Karttunen); the flame of a fire (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬekwesɑlloːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlecuezallotl. llama de fuego.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 147r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLECUEZALLŌ-TL spark, ember, blaze / llama de fuego (M), chispa (Z) [(2)Zp.39,239]. See TLE-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 307.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense