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tetziltlalpilli.

Headword: 
tetziltlalpilli.
Principal English Translation: 

hard knot (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetzīltlalpīlli
IPAspelling: 
tetsiːltɬɑlpiːlli
Frances Karttunen: 

TETZĪLTLALPĪL-LI hard knot / nudo duro (T) [(1)Tp.226]. See TETZĪLOĀ, TLALPĪL-LI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 237.

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