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tlaicneliliztli.

Headword: 
tlaicneliliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

charity, kindness towards others (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaicnēliliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑikneːlilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLAICNĒLILIZ-TLI charity, kindness towards others / caridad (Z) [(2)Zp.25,207]. Although the initial of (I)CNĒLIĀ drops in other contexts when preceded by a prefixal vowel, it is retained here. M has virtually synonymous teicneliliztli. See (I)CNĒLILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 272.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality