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zacapechtli.
Headword:
zacapechtli.
Principal English Translation:
a bed of hay or straw (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
zaca pechtli, çaca pechtli, çacapechtli
Attestations from sources in English:
Intlacouh, inzacapech in ueuetque. Inin tlatolli, itechpa mitoaya: inic yancuican acico chichimeca ueuetque, in oc quauhtla, in oc zacatla. = The beds of twigs and straw of the ancients. This was said about the ancient Chichimecas when they first arrived. It was still forest and open plains.
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