to bedeck something with a bracelet (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
mahcuextiā
IPAspelling:
mɑhkweʃtiɑː
Frances Karttunen:
MAHCUEXTIĀ vt to bedeck something with a bracelet / enjoyar (K) [(1)Bf. 6r]. M has macuextli ´bracelet or string of precious stones for the wrist.´ See MĀ(I)-TL. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 130.