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tēcahuetzquīltiā2.

for a man to court a woman with conversation.
# ni. Una persona hace que se rían a otros por algo que hace. “Yo hago que se rían mucho mis hijos cuando estoy borracho porque digo muchas cosa”.
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tecahuetzquiztli.

a mockery, or the act of mocking others

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing a manuscript from the late eighteenth century in the BnF and Marc Thouvenot; https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tecahuetzquiztli/236065

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tecahuilia.

teːkɑːwiliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tēcāhuiliā

to rent something (See Karttunen)

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tēcaitta.

to openly take advantage or make fun of s.o.
A. Una persona que nada mas juega porque no habla con la verdad. “Dice mi abuela que cuando va a la arroyo a barrer siempre juega una señora y no hace nada”. B. Jugar con la platica no dice la verdad.
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tecalatl acacueyatl.

a type of reed frog
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 67v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/67v/images/ceed69f3-e... Accessed 26 October 2025.

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tecalatl.

a type of amphibian anuran
Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 11: Earthly Things", fol. 67v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/67v/images/ceed69f3-e... Accessed 26 October 2025.

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tecalcoyonia.

to make a hole in someone's house (with the intention to break in and steal) (see attestations)

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tecalixpan.

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tecallaliliztli.

teːkɑllɑːliːlistɬi

the incarceration of one who must be in his house as though in jail; or when a servant is fired and thrown out of one's house (see Molina)

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tecallaneuhtiliztli.

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tecalli.

tekɑlli
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tecallotiani.

teːkɑlloːtiɑːni
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tecalpanoqui.

teːkɑlpɑnohki
Orthographic Variants: 
tēcalpanohqui

visitor (See Karttunen)

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tecaltempan.

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tecaltia.

tekɑltiɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tecaltiā

to stone someone or something (See Karttunen)

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tecaltzacualiztli.

Orthographic Variants: 
tecaltzaqualiztli
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tecaltzacualoyan.

Orthographic Variants: 
tecaltzacualoyan
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tecamac.

tekɑmɑk

a place where there is an abundance of stone (see Karttunen)

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Tecamachalcatl.

a person from Tecamachalco (modern state of Puebla)

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Tecamachalco.

an altepetl which was home to an important set of annals; today this is a municipality in the contemporary state of Puebla
Luis Reyes García, Anales de Tecamachalco, 1398–1590 (Mexico City: CIESAS, 1992).

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