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cenquetza.

Headword: 
cenquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to persevere, continuing that which was started; or, to take something in exchange for something else

IPAspelling: 
senketsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cenquetza. nitla. (pret. onitlacenquetz.) perseuerar continuando lo comenzado, o tomar algo a destajo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 17v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.