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mecatlapouhque.

Headword: 
mecatlapouhque.
Principal English Translation: 

those who use cords to determine someone's luck or fate (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

mecatlapouhque. los que echan las dichas suertes.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining