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caltechtli ic nicmotla.

Headword: 
caltechtli ic nicmotla.
Principal English Translation: 

to pound with something on the walls of the house (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
caltechtli yc nicmotla
Alonso de Molina: 

caltechtli yc nicmotla. (pret. caltechtli yc onicmotlac.) dar con algo por essas paredes.
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.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Example is given in the first person.