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teicneliliz amatlacuilolli.

Headword: 
teicneliliz amatlacuilolli.
Principal English Translation: 

the delivery or payment of money, or the like (see Molina); or a document about payment

Orthographic Variants: 
teicneliliz amatlacuiloli
Alonso de Molina: 

teicneliliz amatlacuiloli. libramiento de dineros, o de cosa semejante.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Interestingly, we see a paper with writing as a part of this expression. Perhaps it was a type of receipt, documenting payment, or a bill of sale. See examples of amatlacuiloli used in parallel with carta de venta in our record for "carta."

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Money, Coins, Wealth
Paper
Writing, Literacy