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tlatolli quitetemotinemi.

Headword: 
tlatolli quitetemotinemi.
Principal English Translation: 

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.

themes: 
Friendship, Affection
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition