a friend who lives from news or gossip (see Molina); could have overtones of being fickle, imaginative, drama-loving
Orthographic Variants:
tlahtolli quitetemotinemi
Alonso de Molina:
tlatolli quitetemotinemi. amigo de oyr nueuas, o nouelero. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 141r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.