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tlatlatiliztli.

Headword: 
tlatlatiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of burning something (see Karttunen)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑtɬɑtilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLATLATILIZ-TLI the act of burning something / quemada (Z) [(2)Zp.104,215]. Z’s gloss does not precisely reflect the literal sense of this item. This contrasts with TLATLĀTILIZ-TLI ‘the act of hiding something.’ See TLATIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 299.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense