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nenquixtia in cemilhuitl in ceyoal.

Headword: 
nenquixtia in cemilhuitl in ceyoal.
Principal English Translation: 

to waste away the day and night without doing anything productive (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nenquixtia yn cemilhuitl yn ceyoal
Alonso de Molina: 

nenquixtia yn cemilhuitl yn ceyoal. nic. (pret. onicnenquixti yn cemilhuitl yn ceyoal.) gastar el dia y la noche en vano y sin prouecho.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 68v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns