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quech tlatlaza.

Headword: 
quech tlatlaza.
Principal English Translation: 

to move, wag, or shake the head back and forth (see Molina; English translation here by Stephanie Wood)

Orthographic Variants: 
quechtlatlaza
Alonso de Molina: 

quech tlatlaza. nino. (pret. oninoquechtlatlaz.) collear, o menear la cabeza de aca para alla.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.