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totocalli.
Headword:
totocalli.
Principal English Translation:
a building where birds were kept by majordomos, and where artisans did a lot of work, possibly also where wild animals were kept (see Sahagún)
Attestations from sources in English:
Totocalli, calpixque vncan qujnpiaia, in jxqujch nepapan tototl = Totocalli: there majordomos kept all the various birds (central Mexico, sixteenth century)