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tetlanochili.
Headword:
tetlanochili.
Principal English Translation:
a procurer or a procuress (see Molina)
Attestations from sources in English:
in tetlanochili, ca uel tlacateculotl, ca uel iitic nemi, uel quimonaoaltia, uel inaoal in tzitzimitl, in coleletli, in teiztlacauiani, uel iix, uel inacaz, uel ititlan in diablo, in tzitzimitl. = The procuress is verily a demon. [The devil] truly dwells within her, truly hides within her. Hers is truly the disguise of the demon of the air, of the devil. The deceiver is really the eyes, the ears -- the messenger -- of the devil, of the demon of the air. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)