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tlaciacahuilli.

Headword: 
tlaciacahuilli.
Principal English Translation: 

something hugged under the armpits or carried by gripping underneath the armpits (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaciacauilli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaciacauilli. cosa sobarcada o lleuada de baxo el sobaco.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 117v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abarcada cosa assi [entre los brazos, debaxo delsobaco]. tlaciacapacholli. tlaciacauilli.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

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