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noquiahuacpa nitlatoa.

Headword: 
noquiahuacpa nitlatoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to hide from others the secret in one's heart; or the intent that one has (metaphor)

Orthographic Variants: 
noquiauacpa nitlatoa
Alonso de Molina: 

noquiauacpa nitlatoa. (pret. noquiauacpa onitlato.) encubrir alos otros lo que tiene enel secreto de su corazon, o el intento que tiene. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 73v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles