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calmeca tlatolli.

Headword: 
calmeca tlatolli.
Principal English Translation: 

words said in long corridors; also, the sayings and stories of the ancients (see Molina); educated words (calmecac = school; tlahtolli = words, speech)

Orthographic Variants: 
calmeca tlahtolli, calmeca tlatolli, calmecatlatolli, calmecatlahtolli
Alonso de Molina: 

calmeca tlatolli. palabras dichas en corredores largos. e tomase por los dichos y fictiones de los viejos antiguos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Education
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Writing, Literacy