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cuahuitl tetl quinequi.

Headword: 
cuahuitl tetl quinequi.
Principal English Translation: 

for someone to deserve to be reprehended, corrected, or punished (see Molina); literally, he wants sticks and stones

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

quauitl tetl quinequi. tener alguno necessidad de ser reprehendido y corregido y emmendado de otros.
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