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icniuhtla.

Headword: 
icniuhtla.
Principal English Translation: 

to become friends; to cause people to befriend each other (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
icnīuhtla
IPAspelling: 
ikniːwtɬɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

icniuhtla. nite. (pret. oniteicniuhtlac.) dar a conocer a otros paraque se amen, o hacer amigos a los enemistados.
icniuhtla tito. (pret. otitocniuhtlaque.) hacerse amigos, o tomar amistad unos con otros.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 33r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

(I)CNĪUHTLA vreft,vt to become friends; to cause people to befriend each other / hacerse amigos o tomar amistad unos con otros (M), dar a conocer a otros para que se amen o hecer amigos a los enemistados (M) [(1)Cf.81r]. See (I)CNĒUH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 94.

themes: 
Friendship, Affection