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tetlamacani.

Headword: 
tetlamacani.
Principal English Translation: 

one who serves the table (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
teːtɬɑmɑkɑni
Alonso de Molina: 

tetlamacani. el que sirue ala mesa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 108v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

TĒTLAMACANI someone who serves at table / el que sirve a la mesa (M) [(1)Cf.44r]. See TLAMACA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 235.

themes: 
Occupations, Responsibilities