a person who casts spells or casts lots (see Molina); one who counts, tells stories, or reads to people; or, something open (see Karttunen and Molina)
Jn tlapouhqui, yn jixpan tlalilo, tlapilchioalli: = The soothsayer, before whom were laid {one’s} sins, (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
in tlapouhqui ca tlamatini, amuxe tlacuilole = The soothsayer is a wise man, an owner of books [and] of writings. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
Qujnotza in tlapouhquj, in teiolmelauhquj: in omoiolmelauh = The soothsayer, the confessor, addressed the one who confessed (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
in jquac ie ceme mjqujznequj: qujnotza in tlapouhquj in nonotzquj, ixpan muchi qujtoa, muchi ixpan qujtlalia, in tlein oax, in tlein oqujchiuch = when one of them was to die, he summoned the soothsayer, the advised one. Before him he told, before him he placed all that which he had done. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)
yn amanquetlapohuque = los que leen los libros (Tlaxcala, 1543)