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macehuallatoliztli.

Headword: 
macehuallatoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

rude and vulgar speech; commoners' speech (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
maceuallatoliztli
IPAspelling: 
mɑːseːwɑllɑhtoːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

maceuallatoliztli. habla desta manera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 50v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

macehual + tlatoliztli

themes: 
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites