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mahuizotelchihua.

Headword: 
mahuizotelchihua.
Principal English Translation: 

to disparage honors or reject an honorable job/title, status (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mauizotelchiua
Alonso de Molina: 

mauizotelchiua. ni. (pret. onimauizotelchiuh.) menospreciar honras, o dignidades.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites