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mamachotla.

Headword: 
mamachotla.
Principal English Translation: 

to feel overly confident or to covet praise for one's work; or, to flatter someone else (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑhmɑtʃotɬɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

mamachotla. nino. (pret. oninomamachotlac.) tener vanagloria, o cobdiciar ser alabado delo que haze, o dize.
mamachotla. nite. (pret. onitemamachotlac.) lisongear.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.