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atitlanaquia.

Headword: 
atitlanaquia.
Principal English Translation: 

to submerge or to put something under water; to lose one's property, estate, savings (metaphorical)

Alonso de Molina: 

atitlanaquia. nic. (pret. onicatitlanaqui.) desperdiciar la hazienda. 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.

atitlanaquia. nitla. (pret. onicatitlanaqui.) hundir o meter algo enel agua.
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
Water
See also: 
atitlan.
ātitlan.