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citlallo.

Headword: 
citlallo.
Principal English Translation: 

something starry, filled with stars (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
cītlalloh
IPAspelling: 
siːtɬɑlloh
Alonso de Molina: 

citlallo. estrellado, cosa que tiene estrellas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CĪTLALLOH something starry, filled with stars / estrellado, cosa que tiene estrellas (M)[(1)Cf.54v]. See CĪTLAL-IN, -YOH.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 35.

themes: 
Celestial Phenomena