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zacamoliztli.

Headword: 
zacamoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a ground breaking and working the field for someone else (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
çacamoliztli
IPAspelling: 
sɑkɑmoːlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

zacamoliztli. rompimiento de tierra assi.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 13v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.