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cuahuitl tetl nictetoctia.

Headword: 
cuahuitl tetl nictetoctia.
Principal English Translation: 

to reprehend, correct, and punish another person (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quauitl tetl nictetoctia, quahuitl tetl nictetoctia
Alonso de Molina: 

quauitl tetl nictetoctia. (pret. quauitl tetl onictetocti.) reprehender, corregir, y castigar a otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Crime, Punishment