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tealtiani.
Headword:
tealtiani.
Principal English Translation:
a bather of enslaved people (and a wealthy merchant and slave dealer)
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents tealtiani in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
in tealtiani, puchtecaiacatl, tlapanauia, tlacaoa, in innecuiltonol, mocuiltonoa, motlamachtia, totecuio itlaiximach, totecuio iicniuh. = The bather of slaves [is] a leading merchant. He excels [all others]; his wealth is [as] possessor of slaves. He is rich -- rich in possessions. [He is] acknowledged by our lord -- a friend of our lord. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)