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tequitlaolli.

Headword: 
tequitlaolli.
Principal English Translation: 

tribute maize

Orthographic Variants: 
tequitlaoli
Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yuan ycentzintli ytech pohuiz yuan ocan quicaz tequitlaoli = y la mazorca ha de ser para ella [y de ahí saldrá para el tequitlaoli] (San Damián, 1590)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos indígenas novohispanos, vol. 1, Testamentos en castellano del siglo XVI y en náhuatl y castellano de Ocotelulco de los siglos XVI y XVII, eds. Teresa Rojas Rabiela, Elsa Leticia Rea López, y Constantino Medina Lima (Mexico: CIESAS, 1999), 224-225.

themes: 
Corn, Maize