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acalhueltecac.

Headword: 
acalhueltecac.
Principal English Translation: 

he who steers the ship with the rudder

Orthographic Variants: 
acalueltecani, acalueltecac
IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑlweltekɑk
Alonso de Molina: 

acalueltecac. el que gouierna desta manera la nao.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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