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cuauhcalco tetequiliztli.

Headword: 
cuauhcalco tetequiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of being put in jail (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhcalco tetequiliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhcalco tetequiliztli. encarcelamiento.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 86r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.