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ohuican nitequixtia.

Headword: 
ohuican nitequixtia.
Principal English Translation: 

to liberate or get someone out of danger and difficulty or out of some perplexing situation (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
ouican nitequixtia
Alonso de Molina: 

ouican nitequixtia. (pret. ouican onitequixti. vel. oniteouicanquixti
librar, o sacar a otro de peligro y dificultad, o de alguna perplexidad.)
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 78r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.