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cuauhtla nenqui.

Headword: 
cuauhtla nenqui.
Principal English Translation: 

a savage (see Molina); literally, one who resides in the woods

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtla nenqui
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhtla nenqui. saluaje.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.