Headword:
tlaolchayahua.
Principal English Translation:
for a soothsayer to throw corn kernels; or, to sow wheat seeds; etc. (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
tlaolchayaua
IPAspelling:
tɬɑoːltʃɑjɑːwɑ
Attestations from sources in English:
tetlatlaxilique, tlapouhque, atlan teittanj, tlaolchaiauhque, mecatlapouhque, tetlacujcujlique, tetlanocujlanque, teixocujlanque. = those who brought about abortions, who read the future, who cast auguries by looking upon water or by casting grains of corn, who read fortunes by use of knotted cords, who cured sickness by removing stones or obsidian knives from the body, who removed worms from the teeth, who removed worms from the eyes. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)