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teyolicneliliztli.

Headword: 
teyolicneliliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

compassion (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tēyōlicnēliliztli
IPAspelling: 
teːyoːlikneːlilistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TĒYŌLICNĒLILIZ-TLI compassion / compasión (Z) [(2)Zp.31,223]. Z is inconsistent in two attestations. In one the vowel of the initial syllable is not marked long, and in the other the vowel of the fourth is not. Both attestations mark the vowels of the last two syllables long, although by general rule they should not be. See YŌL-, (I)CNĒLIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 239.

themes: 
Emotions