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caquiztli.

Headword: 
caquiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a sound, that which is heard; or, a person of worth (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
kɑkistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

caquiztli. sonido, o persona de credito.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CAQUIZ-TLI sound, that which is heard / sonido, o persona de crédito (M) [Cf.109r]. See CAQU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 25.

themes: 
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)