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tlacaichtequi.

Headword: 
tlacaichtequi.
Principal English Translation: 

an abductor, a kidnapper (see attestations)

Attestations from sources in English: 

"...icuac tlamauhtico tlacaichtequi ipan miercoles mochi ocalac teopan in tlatlaca ihuan in pipiltzitzintin (p. 763)" = "At this time an abductor came causing terror. On Wednesday all of the adults and children entered the church (to take refuge)." (Anales de Puebla y Tlaxcala, no. 1, part 2, 1519–1697)
Frances Krug, "The Nahuatl Annals of the Tlaxcala-Puebla Region," ch. 2, pp. 82–83, Ph.D. Dissertation draft written in the 1980s, with transcriptions and translations approved by James Lockhart. Cited here by SW.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment
See also: 
ichtequi.