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matlaquilhuitl.

Headword: 
matlaquilhuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

ten days (matlactli + ilhuitl) (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

“Otechhualihua huei tlatohuani Tlatilulco Moquihuix; quitohua: Yscatqui mochimal momacuauh. Ypan mitzonahuiltiz; axcan ipan matlaquihuitl ticchies ycualan ytlahuel Moquihuix” = “Nos ha enviado Moquíhuix, hueitlatohuani de Tlatelolco, el cual te manda decir: He aquí tu escudo y tu macana. Con ellos te desafía; dentro de diez días esperarás el enojo y la ira de Moquíhuix”. (Mexico City, c. 1572)
Ana Rita Valero de García Lascuráin and Rafael Tena, Códice Cozcatzin (México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 1994), 102.

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