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tlecuezalnenepilli.

Headword: 
tlecuezalnenepilli.
Principal English Translation: 

the tongue of a flame from a fire (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlecuezalnenepilli. lengua de 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.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Would this be a neologism, or is the tongue element a coincidence? (SW)

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense