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tlacatecolonotza.

Headword: 
tlacatecolonotza.
Principal English Translation: 

to worship pagan deities and to invoke the devil (see Karttunen and Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkɑtekoloːnoːtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacatecolonotza. ni. (pret. onitlacatecolonotz.) ydolatrar o inuocar al demonio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 115v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀCATECOLŌNŌTZ(A) to invoke the devil / idolatrar o invocar al demonio (M) This is implied by the derived form TLĀCATECOLŌNŌTZQUI. See TLĀCATECOLŌ-TL, NŌTZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 252.

themes: 
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous Christianty)
Religion (Indigenous)
See also: 
tlacatecolotl.