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tlatlacoltia.

Headword: 
tlatlacoltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to take charge of something, to take responsibility for something and be accountable for it (see Molina); in the transitive, to blame; in the passive, could refer to being given the responsibility of telling the truth under questioning, under oath

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑhtɬɑkoːltiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlacoltia. nicno. (pret. onicnotlatlacolti.) tomar algo asu cargo y cuenta, o encargarse de algo.
tlatlacoltia. nite. (pret. onitetlatlacolti.) imputar, o echar la culpa de alguna cosa a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 137r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

o macoc juramento ynic otlatlacoltiloc ynic amo yztlacatiz = Juró y fue penado para que no diga mentira (1558)
Luis Reyes García, Eustaquio Celestino Solís, Armando Valencia Ríos, et al, Documentos nauas de la Ciudad de México del siglo XVI (México: Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social y Archivo General de la Nación, 1996), 99.

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