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yacualli.
Headword:
yacualli.
Principal English Translation:
a special type of necklace, presented to girls when they were entering the calmecac (see attestations)
Orthographic Variants:
hijaqualli, yaqualli
Attestations from sources in English:
Niman qujmachiotia in ie achi qualton, mjtoa qujquapaxotla, ijelpan qujtetequj: auh in oc conetontli qujcozcatia hijaqualli = When she was already somewhat grown, they placed a marking on her, it was said; they scarified her hip, they incised her chest; and when she was yet a small child, they provided her with the yaqualli necklace (central Mexico, sixteenth century)