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tlatoca tlacualyecoani.

Headword: 
tlatoca tlacualyecoani.
Principal English Translation: 

the salute that the house servant gives to the ruler upon receiving food (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca tlaqualyecoani
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatoca tlaqualyecoani. maestresala que haze la salua al señor que da de comer.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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