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tenepantla motecani.

Headword: 
tenepantla motecani.
Principal English Translation: 

a troublemaker, one who stirs others to revolt (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tenepantla motecani. malsin y reboluedor de otros. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 99r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
War, Conflict