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atihuitzo atahuayo ipan nimitznomachitia.

Headword: 
atihuitzo atahuayo ipan nimitznomachitia.
Principal English Translation: 

to entrust my need to the person who can help me with it, first relating to him or her the benevolence (a metaphor)

Orthographic Variants: 
atiuitzo atauayo ipan nimitznomachitia
Alonso de Molina: 

atiuitzo atauayo ipan nimitznomachitia. encomendar mi necessidadal que me puede socorrer enella, catandole primero la beniuolencia. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 8r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles