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caltechtli ic ninomotla.

Headword: 
caltechtli ic ninomotla.
Principal English Translation: 

to hit oneself up against the walls of the house (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
caltechtli yc ninomotla
Alonso de Molina: 

caltechtli yc ninomotla. (pret. caltechtliyc oninomotlac.) darse de golpes enla pared.
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.

Attestations from sources in English: 

Example is given in the first person.

themes: 
War, Conflict