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atl cecec tetech nicpachoa.

Headword: 
atl cecec tetech nicpachoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to reprimand someone, correct, punish (see Molina, who gives the example in the first person singular)

Orthographic Variants: 
atl cecec tetechnicpachoa
Alonso de Molina: 

atl cecec tetechnicpachoa. (pret. atl cecec tetech onicpacho.) castigar, reprehender, o corregir a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment