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tlamacpal machiotilli.

Headword: 
tlamacpal machiotilli.
Principal English Translation: 

something pointed out with the palm of the hand full of ink or ocher (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlamacpal machiotilli. cosa señalada con la palma dela mano llena de tinta o de almagre &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 125v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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