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ikneːliɑː
Orthographic Variants: 
icnellia

to help or benefit someone; to favor someone; to befriend someone; when used in conjunction with God the euphemistic meaning is to bring about one's death (see Karttunen and Lockhart)

1. to have strong feelings for a person or an animal. 2. to be overprotective of s.o. or s.t.
A. 1. Una persona quiere mucho a alguien o un animal domestico. “Javier quiere mucho a su hermano porque a veces le compra sus zapatos y su ropa”. 2. Una persona o animal cuida mucho a otro para que no le pase nada. “María quiere mucho a su hijo y por eso le da de comer bien para que no se enferme”. B. 1. Querer mucho a alguien. 2. Cuidar a alguien.
ikneːliːlmɑtʃiːtiɑ

to give thanks for a benefit received (see Molina)

ikneːliːlmɑti

to be thanked; to thank someone for something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
icnelicamati

grateful

Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.

the preparation of a banquet, or the preparation to receive a person (see Molina)

thing with which one protects him or herself (see Molina)

1. siblings. 2. s.o.’s sibling.

to prepare a banquet, or prepare to receive a person (see Molina)

friend dispeller

Thelma D. Sullivan, "Nahuatl Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors, Collected by Sahagún," Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 4 (1963), 108–109.

to make friends with someone

James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 219.

ikniːwtɬɑ
Orthographic Variants: 
icnīuhtla

to become friends; to cause people to befriend each other (see Karttunen)

to be friends or make friendly gestures (see Molina)

ikniːwtɬi
Orthographic Variants: 
icnīuhtli, icnihutli, tlalicniuhtli, icniotli, ycniuhtli, icniutli

friend, companion; brother, sister, sibling; relative; descendant from same ancestors; laborer who pertains to a certain estate (see Molina, Karttunen, Lockhart, and attestations)

by way of friendship or in a friendly way (see Molina)

friendship (see Molina); comrade(s), comradeship (see attestations)

to warn someone about what he or she should do, what is in his or her best interests to do

widowerhood. (see Molina)

humble; or, in a sad state, bereaved (see attestations)

pious or compassionate (see Molina)