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calactia.

Headword:

calactia.

Principal English Translation:

to deliver (causative of calaqui, to enter, i.e., to make enter, make ensure something arrives at a place)

Attestations from sources in Spanish:

achtopa notequiuh nicalactia çeçemetzti ticcalactia 3 tamamali chili 3 tamali et yhuan çe xiquipilmatactzonti cacavat yhuan matacpoual hanegas taoli ticmacaque xpño = Primero es el tributo que entrego cada mes: entregamos tres cargas de chiles, tres cargas de frijol, 12,000 granos de cacao y 200 fanegas de maíz, que dimos a los españoles.
Nuestro pesar, nuestra aflicción / tunetuliniliz, tucucuca; Memorias en lengua náhuatl enviadas a Felipe II por indígenas del Valle de Guatemala hacia 1572, introduction by Cristopher H. Lutz, paleography and translation by Karen Dakin (México: UNAM and Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica, 1996, 52–53.