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huei amatlacuilo.

Headword: 
huei amatlacuilo.
Principal English Translation: 

chief notary, scribe, secretary (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
uei amatlacuilo
Alonso de Molina: 

uei amatlacuilo. secretario o escriuano principaly mayor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 155v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.