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tecuilontiliztli.

Headword: 
tecuilontiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of "sinning against nature," whereby two men have sex (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tecuilontiliztli. el acto del que comete este pecado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 93v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Andrés de Olmos: 

tecuilontiliztli: Dehouve explica: "literalmente sodomía, traducida con mucha razón por Baudot como 'pecado contra natura'" -- y añade Dehouve que las "cuatro faltas" incluyen la masturbación, la sodomía, la bestialidad. Para decir la bestialidad, dice Dehouve que "Olmos inventa el término mazayotl, construido a partir de mazatl, el venado" intentando "hallar el vínculo entre las dos culturas," nahua y española.

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