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patiuh machiyotl.

Headword: 
patiuh machiyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a sign of the value of something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
patio machiotl, patio machiyotl
Alonso de Molina: 

patio machiotl. señal desta manera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 80r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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