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maxiltia.

Headword: 
maxiltia.
Principal English Translation: 

to be dirty, filthy or evil (nic.); or, to supply something that was missing, to complete something (nitla.) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
mɑʃiltiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

maxiltia. nic. (pret. onicmaxilti.) estar lleno de suziedad, o de maldad.
maxiltia. nitla. (pret. onitlamaxilti.) añadir algo alo que esta falto, o suplir lo que falta.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 54v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

yn iquac covernador yn yehuatzin don Juan Cortes yn iquac tlatocati covernador mochihuaya ya ca oniquinnotlaneuhtilli yn tomines ynic maxilti yn tlacalaquilli = cuando fue gobernador don Juan Cortés, cuando gobernaba, que les empresté, con que se ajustaron los tributos (Toluca, 1621)
Vidas y bienes olvidados: Testamentos en náhuatl y castellano del siglo XVII, vol. 3, Teresa Rojas Rabiela, et al, eds. (México: CIESAS, 2002), 134–135.

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