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maquiza.

Headword: 
maquiza.
Principal English Translation: 

to escape or liberate oneself from danger and harm (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑːkiːsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

maquiza. ni. (pret. onimaquiz.) escaparse, o librarse de algun peligro o daño.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 52v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

MĀQUĪZ(A) to escape, free oneself from danger or harm / escaparse o librarse de algún peligro o daño (M) See MĀ(I)-TL, QUĪ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 137.