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acalco.

Headword: 
acalco.
Principal English Translation: 

relating to boats; in a boat; in the boat (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
R. Joe Campbell, Florentine Codex Vocabulary, 1997 .

IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑlko
Alonso de Molina: 

Acalco nitetlalia. idẽ. Prete. acalco onitetlali. (to send one off in a boat)
Acalco teachcauh. patron de nao. (owner of the boat, ship)
Acalco teichtacamicti. cossario. (corsair)
Acalco teichtacamictia. idẽ. (ditto)
Acalco teichtacamictiani. idem. (ditto)
Acalco tepacho. patron de nao. (owner of the boat, ship)
Acalco tepachoa. idem. (owner of the boat, ship)
Acalco tepachoani. idem. (owner of the boat, ship)
Acalco tiacauh. capitan de nao. (captain of the boat, ship)
Acalco tiachcauh. patron de nao. (owner of the boat, ship)
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana, 1571, (www.idiez.org.mx), f. 1r.

Attestations from sources in English: 

yeica ca cenca titotolinia ca antle neci in totech monequiz yn otlica yn acalco yn tiquazque yvan inic titelaxtlavizque ynic huel motetzinco tacizque= because we are very poor and do not have what is needed for the journey on the boat nor things to eat nor anything to pay people in order to be able to reach you (Huejotzingo, 1560)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 29, 180–181.

themes: 
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Transportation, Travel