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nenquizcayotl.

Headword: 
nenquizcayotl.
Principal English Translation: 

vanity, something nonsensical, inane (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
nēnquīzcāyōtl
IPAspelling: 
neːnkiːskɑːyoːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

NĒNQUĪZCĀYŌ-TL vanity, something nonsensical, inane / vanidad (C) [(1)Cf.114v). S has nenquizqui 'something useless, futile, profitless,' and M has nenquiça 'to labor in vain.' See NĒN, QUĪZ(A), -YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 168.