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tlatlaneci.

Headword: 
tlatlaneci.
Principal English Translation: 

to be luminous (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlātlanēci
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːtɬɑneːsi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀTLANĒC(I) pret: TLĀTLANĒZ to be luminous / transparente (T for a ĪIHTEC TLĀTLANĒC(I) [(2)Tp.241]. The literal sense of then phrase in T is ‘to be luminous inside.’ redup. TLANĒC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 298.