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teyacatzacuili.

Headword: 
teyacatzacuili.
Principal English Translation: 

someone who impedes the passage of another person walking along the road (see Molina; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood)

Alonso de Molina: 

teyacatzacuili. el que ataja los passos al que camina.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 94r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.