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tlatoca nematequiloni.

Headword: 
tlatoca nematequiloni.
Principal English Translation: 

dishes for the indigenous nobility to wash their hands (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tlahtoca nematequiloni, tlahtocanematequiloni, tlatocanematequiloni
Alonso de Molina: 

tlatoca nematequiloni. fuentes. s. los platos para lauarse las manos los grandes señores.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 140v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Furniture, Household Goods
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites