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tetzalan tenepantla motecani.

Headword: 
tetzalan tenepantla motecani.
Principal English Translation: 

a troublemaker, one who gets in among people and stirs them up (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tetzalan tenepantla motecani. malsin que mete mal entre otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.