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to make a smudge, mess up a painting

Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 124–125.

tɬɑhtoɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoa, tlatoua, tlahtohua, tlatohua

to speak; to issue proclamations and commands (and, therefore, to govern); to supervise or direct something; also, for birds to chatter, chirp, sing

tɬɑhtoɑːni
Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoani, tlatuani, tlahtuani, tlahtohuani, tlatohuani

ruler ("one who speaks"), dignitary, judge, speaker, great lord, king; also used in reference to various high Spanish officials.
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 238.

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca icpallalia

to set up a platform (for a ruler?) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca icpalli

a royal seat, an indigenous ruler's throne, etc. (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca icpalteca

to put up a platform or throne for the indigenous ruler (see Molina)

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tlahtoca icuilolli

a person who is counted in the census, who appears in the ruler's tribute records (see Molina)

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tlahtoca necentlaliliztli

a royal court or gathering of indigenous lords and rulers (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca nematequiloni, tlahtocanematequiloni, tlatocanematequiloni

dishes for the indigenous nobility to wash their hands (see Molina)

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tlahtoca pepechtli

a bed for royalty or rulers (see Molina)

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tlahtoca tetlaqualtiani

domestic servant to lords (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtocatlacamecayotl, tlahtocamecayotl, tlahtocatlacamecayotl

the line of descent of rulers (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca tlacaxinachotl, tlahtocatlacaxinachotl, tlatocatlacaxinachotl

the creation or generation of noblemen, lords, rulers (see Molina)

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tlahtoca tlachiuhtli

something done by a "noble and magnificent" lord or ruler (see Molina)

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tlahtoca tlaqualuipanani, tlatoca tlacualuipanani, tlatoca tlaqualhuipanani

the chief waiter (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca tlaquallayecoliztli, tlatoca tlacuallayecoliztli, tlahtocatlacuallayecoliztli

the salute made by the house servant to the ruler (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca tlaqualyecoa, tlahtocatlacualyecoa

to make the salute (done by the house servant to the lords) (see Molina)