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tlacuatzayantli.

Headword: 
tlacuatzayantli.
Principal English Translation: 

broken (injured?) with a stick or a sword, splitting open one's head (see Molina); if this is a noun, then perhaps it is the state of having an open gash? (SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaquatzayantli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaquatzayantli. descalabrado con palo o con espada. &c. hendiendole la cabeza.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 133v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.