tlacololiztli.

Headword:

tlacololiztli.

Principal English Translation:

something curved; or, the act of making something round or curved, or to bend or something (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina:

tlacololiztli. entortadura. s. el acto de entortar encoruar, o doblegar algo. o el acto de rodear por alguna parte yendo camino.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 118v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English:

Dances observed by ethnographers in Nahua regions were catalogued by Fernando Horcasitas, including the Danza de los Tlacololeros. One observer wrote, "la danza de los tlacololeros es una forma abreviada de la danza de los tecuanes, bailada para pedir lluvia durante los meses de junio y julio principalmente." Planting and petitioning for rain are important elements. (twentieth century, Guerrero)
Fernando Horcasitas, "La Danza de los Tecuanes," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 14 (1980), 239–286.