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tequiyotl.

Headword: 
tequiyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

work, labor, payment of tribute labor (see Karttunen); compare with our entry for tequiyo

Orthographic Variants: 
tequiyo
IPAspelling: 
tekiyoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tequiyotl. trabajo de imposicion de tributo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TEQUIYŌ-TL work, labor, payment of tribute labor / trabajo de imposición de tributario (M), ejercicio de trabajo o el mismo trabajo (M), trabajo, obra, ocupación (T) [(1)Tp.226]. T has E for I in the second syllable. See TEQUI-TL, -YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 233.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns