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motatapachquenti.

Headword: 
motatapachquenti.
Principal English Translation: 

heavily dressed due to cold weather; dressed in fleeces (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

motatapachquenti. arropado, o enzamarrado por mucho frio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 060r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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Textiles, Clothing
Weather, Climate