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cihua tecuhyotl.

Headword: 
cihua tecuhyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

a female boss or a woman who owns enslaved human beings (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ciua tecuyutl, cihua tecuyutl, cihua tecuhyutl
Alonso de Molina: 

ciua tecuyutl. ama o señora de esclauos.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 22v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns
Slavery
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Women, Men, Gender