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-neellelquixtiaya.

Headword: 
-neellelquixtiaya.
Principal English Translation: 

that with which one entertains oneself (a necessarily possessed form; see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
-neēllelquīxtiāya
IPAspelling: 
-neeːllelkiːʃtiɑːyɑ
Frances Karttunen: 

-NEĒLLELQUĪXTIĀYA necessarily possessed form that with which one entertains oneself / instrumento con que yo me recreo (C for first person possessor) [(1)Cf.50v]. M has neellelquixtiliztli 'pas-time, recreation.' See ĒLLELQUĪXTIĀ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 161.