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nequetzaliztli.

Headword: 
nequetzaliztli.
IPAspelling: 
neketsɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

nequetzaliztli. leuantamiento del que estaua assentado, o dubda del que la tiene, o resurrection del que resuscita.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 69v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NEQUETZALIZ-TLI raising up, resurrection, raising of doubt / levantamiento del que estaba asentado, o duda del que la tiene, o resurrección el que resuscita (M), estatura, apariencia, presentación (Z) [(3)Zp.12,57,177]. See QUETZ(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 169.