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melahuacatlacuilo.

Headword: 
melahuacatlacuilo.
Principal English Translation: 

a notary who writes truthfully (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
melauacatlacuilo
Alonso de Molina: 

melauacatlacuilo. escriuano que escriue verdadero.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Writing, Literacy