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tetocayotiliztli.

Headword: 
tetocayotiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act or practice of giving someone a name, or of giving someone one's own name (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tetocayotiliztli. el acto de poner nombre a otro, desta manera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 110v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Names (personal or theonyms)