to hold court, public hearing, council (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
tēuctlahtoā
IPAspelling:
teːwktɬɑhtoɑː
Frances Karttunen:
TĒUCTLAHTOĀ to hold court, public hearing, council / tener audiencia o entender en su oficio el presidente, oidor, alcalde, etc. (M) This is implied by TĒUCTLAHTOĀYĀN. See TĒUC-TLI, TLAHTOĀ. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 237.