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cualneci.

Headword: 
cualneci.
Principal English Translation: 

a colorful and eye-catching thing; (see Molina); good looking, with a good appearance

Orthographic Variants: 
qualneci
Alonso de Molina: 

qualneci. cosa vistosa y galana.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

In M this is given only as a substantive, qualneci, 'something fine looking, beautiful.'