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maquixtla.

Headword: 
maquixtla.
Principal English Translation: 

to escape, free one self from danger or harm; to deliver someone from danger, to free someone, to redeem someone (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
māquīxtlā
IPAspelling: 
mɑːkiːʃtɬɑː
Frances Karttunen: 

MĀQUĪXTLĀ vrefl,vt to escape, free one self from danger or harm; to deliver someone from danger, to free someone, to redeem someone / escaparse o librarse de algún peligro o daño (M), librar o salvar a otro (M) caus. MĀQUĪZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 137.