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nalquiztimoquetza.

Headword: 
nalquiztimoquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

for something to be very extended/stretched from part to part or from end to end (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

nalquiztimoquetza. (pret. onalquiztimoquetz.) estar algo muy estendidoy dilatado de parte aparte. o de cabo a cabo.
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.