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tlaceliyayan.

Headword: 
tlaceliyayan.
Principal English Translation: 

a verdant spot, place where new growth takes place (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaceliyayān
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑseliyɑyɑːn
Frances Karttunen: 

TLACELIYAYĀN verdant spot, place where new growth takes place / lugar fresco, así como prado verde que se esta riendo (M) [(1)Cf.51r]. See TLACELIY(A), -YĀN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 254.