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tetocani.

Headword: 
tetocani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who buries another person; or, a yellow wasp that pursues and stings someone quickly (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tetocani. el que entierra a otro, o abispa amarilla que persigue y pica reziamente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abispa amarilla. tetocani.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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