a farewell, or a leave taken by people going to another place, or the act of ceasing to make or build something (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
necaualiztli
IPAspelling:
nekɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina:
necaualiztli. despedida, o apartamiento delos que se parten a algunos lugares, o el acto de cesar de hazer alguna obra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 064r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.