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nalquizcacaqui.

Headword: 
nalquizcacaqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to fully understand what is told or read (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nɑːlkiːskɑkɑki
Alonso de Molina: 

nalquizcacaqui. nitla. (pret. onitlanalquizcacac.) entender enteramente lo que se dize o lee.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 062v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

Nal. y Nalco. no se halla sino con este nombre, atl. analco. aunque si, en composicion. v.g. nalquiça. naltona. Antonio del Rincón, Arte mexicana: Vocabulario breve, que solamente contiene todas las dicciones que en esta arte se traen por exemplos (1595), 11r.

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