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miquiz hiyaltic.

Headword: 
miquiz hiyaltic.
Principal English Translation: 

something that is dirty, repugnant or that smells rotten (the smell of death/decomposition) (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

miquiz hiyaltic. cosa hedionda o que hiede a cosas muertas y podridas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 56v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Death
Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)