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tequichihua.

Headword: 
tequichihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to perform tribute labor

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

huel huey tlalli centzonmecatl auh matlactin yn quitequichihua tequitque auh quixtlahuazque yn tlalaneyoni cenpohualli onmatlactli pesos = un pedazo de tiera grande de cuatrocient[os] mecates, que las benefician diez personas terrazgueros, y han de pagar en arrendamiento de ellas treinta pesos (Xochimilco, 1650)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 236–237.