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tlacazcaltia.

Headword: 
tlacazcaltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to raise and instruct children (see Karttunen and Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkɑskɑltiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacazcaltia. ni. (pret. onitlacazcalti.) criar hijos o niños, y doctrinallos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 116r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TLĀCAZCALTIĀ to raise and instruct children / criar hijos o niños y doctrinarlos (M) [(3)Bf.3r,9v,11v,(2)Cf.44v]. See TLĀCA-TL, (I)ZCALTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 253.

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