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tetech tlacahualiztli.

Headword: 
tetech tlacahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of entrusting something to someone, or giving charge of something to another person, or to promise and commit (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tetech tlacaualiztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tetech tlacaualiztli. el acto de encargar oencomendar algo a otro, o de comprometer. &c.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 106v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.