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coconeitta.

Headword: 
coconeitta.
Principal English Translation: 

for an older person to pretend to be much younger (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
koːkoneːittɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

coconeitta. nino. (pret. oninococoneittac.) fingir que tiene poca edad, el que es de mucha.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 23v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.