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tlatlecuicuilo.

Headword: 
tlatlecuicuilo.
Principal English Translation: 

a painter who paints or someone who works with hot iron (see Molina); ; as León García-Garzgarza points out, the use of a similar term to refer to a quechquemitl suggests that this word could be a more general reference that would include sewn designs (personal communication, 6 July 2025)

Alonso de Molina: 

tlatlecuicuilo. pintor que pinta o labra algo con hierro caliente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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