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cuiloyotl.

Headword: 
cuiloyotl.
Principal English Translation: 

sodomy (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

cuix ó ipan tihuetz, in temamauhtli tlatlacolli? In motenehua cuiloyotl? In aca oc ze in zan moquichpo o ytech taçic. = did you fall into the frightful sin, when you have had sexual relations with your fellow man, called sodomy?
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 107.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

cuix ó ipan tihuetz, in temamauhtli tlatlacolli? In motenehua cuiloyotl? In aca oc ze in zan moquichpo o ytech taçic. = caiste en el abominable pecado de la sodomia, teniendo que ver con otro
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 106–107.

themes: 
Sexuality, Fertility, Reproduction