to defend one's self, not wishing to be deprived of that which one possesses
Orthographic Variants:
caualiztlamati
IPAspelling:
kɑwɑlistɬɑmɑti
Alonso de Molina:
caualiztlamati anic. (pret. aoniccaualiztlama.) no querer ser priuado delo que possee, defendiendose. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.