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tequitlatoani.

Headword: 
tequitlatoani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who talks a lot (see Molina), or perhaps one who sees to tributes or labor arrangements?

Orthographic Variants: 
tequitlahtoani
Alonso de Molina: 

tequitlatoani. parlon desta manera. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Tributes, Taxation, Service