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mahuiznotza.

Headword: 
mahuiznotza.
Principal English Translation: 

to talk to someone else in a venerate and respectable manner and in submission (tribute homage) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mauiznotza
IPAspelling: 
mɑːwisnoːtsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

mauiznotza. nite. (pret. onitemauiznotz.) hablar a otro con reverencia y acatamiento.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition