a lot of talking; or, the act of exercising the job of the tequitlato, the one who oversees tribute and labor arrangements
Alonso de Molina:
tequitlatoliztli. gran parleria, o el acto de exercitar el dicho oficio demandon. &c. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 105v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.