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.