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chicahuaca tetlatzacuiltiani.

Headword: 
chicahuaca tetlatzacuiltiani.
Principal English Translation: 

a strong judge, someone who rigorously observes justice, one who chastises crimes with rigid justice (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
chicauaca tetlatzacuiltiani
Alonso de Molina: 

chicauaca tetlatzacuiltiani. fuerte iusticiero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 19v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.