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cuecuetlaca.

Headword: 
cuecuetlaca.
Principal English Translation: 

for a flame to make a lot of noise (see Molina); to shake, tremble (see Karttunen) (an onomatopoetic word)

IPAspelling: 
kwekwetɬɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

cuecuetlaca. (pret. ocuecuetlacac.) hazer mucho ruido la llama.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 25v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CUECUETLACA for a fire to make a loud noise; to shake, tremble / hacer mucho ruido la llama (M), estremece, tiembla (T) [(1)Tp.121,(3)Zp.40,58,148]. See CUETLĀN(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 68.

themes: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)