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imacaxtli.

Headword: 
imacaxtli.
Principal English Translation: 

worthy of being feared or serious person with authority (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
iːmɑkɑʃtɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

imacaxtli. digno de ser temido o persona graue yde auctoridad.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 37v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

ĪMACAX-TLI someone worthy of being held in awe, someone of authority and dignity / digno de ser temido, o persona grave y de autoridad (M) See ĪMACAC(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 105.