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ichtacatlatolli.

Headword: 
ichtacatlatolli.
Principal English Translation: 

a secret (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
ichtacatlahtolli
Attestations from sources in English: 

Toptli, petlacalli. Inin tlatolli itech mitoaya: in aquin uel quipia in ichtacatlatolli, piallatolli = A basket, a coffer. These words were said about someone who could keep a secret, who was close-mouthed.
Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 150–151.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Yn hevantinin yn tlacuiloque yn escriuanome vel yn navatil yn quipiyazque ychtacatlatolli = Los escribanos tienen como obligación guardar las palabras secretas (Cuauhtinchan, Puebla, s. XVI)
Luis Reyes García, "Ordenanzas para el gobierno de Cuauhtinchan, año de 1559," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 10 (1972), 274–275.

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