calmeca tlatolli.

Headword:

calmeca tlatolli.

Principal English Translation:

words said in long corridors; also, the sayings and stories of the ancients (see Molina); educated words (calmecac = school; tlahtolli = words, speech)

Orthographic Variants:

calmeca tlahtolli, calmeca tlatolli, calmecatlatolli, calmecatlahtolli

Alonso de Molina:

calmeca tlatolli. palabras dichas en corredores largos. e tomase por los dichos y fictiones de los viejos antiguos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 11v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Education

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Writing, Literacy