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huetzquilia.

Headword: 
huetzquilia.
Orthographic Variants: 
uetzquilia
IPAspelling: 
wetskiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

uetzquilia. nite. (pret. oniteuetzquili.) reirse de alguno.
uetzquilia. nonte. (pret. ononteuetzquili.) reyrse ala risa de otro.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 156v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

HUETZQUILIĀ vt to laugh at something, with someone / reírse de alguno (M), reírse a la risa de otro (M) applic. HUETZCA.

HUETZQUILILIĀ applic. HUETZQUILIĀ.

HUETZQUILĪLO nonact. HUETZQUILIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 87.

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