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no cuexanco no mamalhuazco yeloatiuh.

Headword: 
no cuexanco no mamalhuazco yeloatiuh.
Principal English Translation: 

to have the charge of governing others (a metaphor) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

no cuexanco no mamalhuazco yeloatiuh. tener el cargo de regir y gouernar alos otros. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 72v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
Politics, Power, Governance