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teyacatzacuiliztli.

Headword: 
teyacatzacuiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of blocking the passage of someone going down the road (see Molina; translation here to English by Stephanie Wood)

Alonso de Molina: 

teyacatzacuiliztli. atajo assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.