Principal English Translation:
for something to become what one deserves, i.e., for one to attain or enjoy it
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Studies, 2001), 223.
Lockhart’s Nahuatl as Written:
-mahcēhualti, no. the incorporated noun is always possessed and the verb is always in the third person. not used in the present tense, where -mahcēhual appears instead. often paired with -icnopilti. Class 1: ōnomahcēhualtic. -mahcēhual, -ti. 223