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tlatoca icpalteca.

Headword: 
tlatoca icpalteca.
Principal English Translation: 

to put up a platform or throne for the indigenous ruler (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca icpalteca
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatoca icpalteca. ni. (pret. onitlatoca icpaltecac.) poner estrado o tenderlo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Furniture, Household Goods
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites