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tlahuēlilōc.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tlahuēlilōc in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

IDIEZ morfema: 
tlahuēlilōc.
IDIEZ traduc. inglés: 
an evil spirit that appears as a person or animal and scares people.
IDIEZ def. náhuatl: 
Totiotzin tlen axcualli itlallamiquiliz huan inemiliz; mopannextia ica ce macehualli zo ica miac tecuanimeh huan neltemahmauhtih; nocca itocah TLĀCATECOLOTL. “Quemman nicochqui nitemicqui tlahueliloc huan naman tlahuel nimahmahui. ”
IDIEZ morfología: 
tlahuēliā, lō, cā.
IDIEZ gramática: 
tlat.