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acalhueltecani.

Headword: 
acalhueltecani.
Principal English Translation: 

he who governs or guides the ship using the rudder (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
acalueltecani
IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑlweltekɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

Acalueltecani. 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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