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acalhuelteca.

Headword: 
acalhuelteca.
Principal English Translation: 

to steer the ship with the rudder (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
acaluelteca
IPAspelling: 
ɑːkɑlweltekɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

acaluelteca. n. (pret. onacalueltecac.) gouernar la nao con el timon.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 1v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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