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tlacuicuic.

Headword: 
tlacuicuic.
Principal English Translation: 

one who collects or sweeps up garbage; or, one who sculpts something in wood or in stone (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
tɬɑkwihkwik
Alonso de Molina: 

tlacuicuic. el que recoge o barre la vasura, o el que esculpe algo en madera, o en piedra.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 119v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Art, Crafts
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)
Occupations, Responsibilities
Wood, wooden material