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tlaquehualtia.

Headword: 
tlaquehualtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to hire oneself out or, to hire out one's employees, servants, or slaves to another person (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlaqueualtia
IPAspelling: 
tɬɑːkeːwɑltiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

tlaqueualtia. ninote. (pret. oninotetlaqueualti.) alquilarse.
tlaqueualtia. nitete. (pret. onitetetlaqueualti.) alquilar mis esclauos, o criados a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 134r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns
Slavery