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teoyehuacayotl.

Headword: 
teoyehuacayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

scarcity;avarice

Orthographic Variants: 
teoyeuacayotl
IPAspelling: 
teojewɑkɑjoːtɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

teoyeuacayotl. escasseza o apretamiento de que es mezquino y escasso, o la auaricia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 100v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.