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yectlamatcayetoliztli.

Headword: 
yectlamatcayetoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

peace (see Karttuen)

Orthographic Variants: 
yēctlamatcāyetōliztli
IPAspelling: 
yeːktɬɑmɑtkɑːyetoːlistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

YĒCTLAMATCĀYETŌLIZ-TLI peace / paz [(2)Zp.95,231]. The element YETŌLIZ appears to be equivalent to M’s yeliztli ‘state of being.’ M has the construction tlamatcayeliztli ‘peace and quiet.’ See YĒC-TLI, TLAMATCĀ, the verb YE.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 337.