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tlacayeliztli.

Headword: 
tlacayeliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

human nature (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlācayeliztli
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkɑyelistɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀCAYELIZ-TLI human nature / naturaleza humana (C) [(1)Cf.84r]. See TLĀCA-TL, the verb YE.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 253.