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maltia.

Headword: 
maltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to capture another person, to give the impression that one has captured the person who someone else captured (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑltiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

maltia. nite. (pret. onitemalti) captiuar para otro.
maltia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlamalti) captiuar para otro.
maltia. nicno. (pret. onicnomalti) dar a entender que captiue yo al que otro auia captiuado.
maltia. ninote. (pret. oninotemalti) captiuar a otro
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
War, Conflict