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tlateteuh xacualoliztli.

Headword: 
tlateteuh xacualoliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

the act of scrubbing vigorously (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlateteuh xaqualoliztli
Alonso de Molina: 

tlateteuh xaqualoliztli. el acto de fregar algo reziamente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 136r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)