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tlatequililliyauh imetl imalac itzotzopaz.

Headword: 
tlatequililliyauh imetl imalac itzotzopaz.
Principal English Translation: 

a free woman, who is no longer an enslaved person (a metaphor) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlatequililliyauh ymetl ymalac itzotzopaz, Alonso de Molina: tlatequililliyauh ymetl ymalac ytzotzopaz
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatequililliyauh ymetl ymalac itzotzopaz. muger horra que fue antes esclaua. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 135v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
Slavery
Women, Men, Gender