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teiztlacahui.

Headword: 
teiztlacahui.
Principal English Translation: 

a person who lies or deceives others (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
teiztlacaui
Alonso de Molina: 

teiztlacaui. el quemiente, o engaña a otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 96r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Nopilhuane: amo tlapoalli yn ic teyztlacauiya yn Diablo = ¡Oh hijos míos! No hay cuenta de cómo engaña el Diablo a alguien (centro de México, s. XVI)
Beorges Baudot, "Apariciones diabólicas en un texto náhuatl de Fray Andrés de Olmos," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 353–354.