Headword:
cuauhcalco.
Principal English Translation:
jail, prison; a locked wooden enclosure (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
quauhcalco
Attestations from sources in English:
njman tlanaoatia in tlatoanj, quauhcalco contlalia in aqujn tlatlacoa, qujtzacutiuh mjquja = then the ruler commanded that they place in jail whoever had done the wrong; they imprisoned him, and he died. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
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