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piallahtolli.

Headword: 
piallahtolli.
Principal English Translation: 

words that are kept a secret (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
piallatolli
Attestations from sources in English: 

Toptli, petlacalli. Inin tlatolli itech mitoaya: in aquin uel quipia in ichtacatlatolli, piallatolli = A basket, a coffer. These words were said about someone who could keep a secret, who was close-mouthed Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 150–151.

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