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tlatelchihua.

Headword: 
tlatelchihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to scoff at someone of some importance, to be impatient (see Molina 1571); to loathe, insult, or curse (see Molina 1955)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatelchiua
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatelchiua tecani. teca onitlatelchiuh. escarnecer de otro con algun denuedo e impaciencia, reprochandolo, maldiziendolo y menospreciandolo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 134v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abominar o denostar y maldezir. teca ni, tlatelchiua. ni, tlatelchiua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

themes: 
Behavior, Personality