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acicaitta.

Headword: 
acicaitta.
Principal English Translation: 

to understand or to come to know something entirely, or to see something perfectly

Orthographic Variants: 
ahcicaitta
IPAspelling: 
ɑhsikɑːittɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

acicaitta. nitla. (pret. onitlaacicaittac.) comprehender, o alcançar a saber enteramente la cosa, o el negocio, o ver algo perfectamente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

AHCICĀITTA vt to perceive something, to know something well / advertir; conocer bien (R), ver algo perfectamente (M)[(1)Rp.59]. See AHCI, (I)TTA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 5.

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