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tlaixtotocani.

Headword: 
tlaixtotocani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who scrutinizes everything found in a given place (see Molina; English translation here by SW)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑiːʃtoːtokɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaixtotocani. escodriñador de quanto ay en algun lugar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 123v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents tlaixtotocani in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Behavior, Personality