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amatlacuiloltzacuani.

Headword: 
amatlacuiloltzacuani.
Principal English Translation: 

he who seals (locks, closes) a letter or a piece of writing (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
amatlacuiloltzaquani
Alonso de Molina: 

amatlacuiloltzaquani. el que cierra carta o escriptura.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 4v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Legal Matters, Documents
Occupations, Responsibilities
Paper
Writing, Literacy