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-qu-.

Headword: 
-qu-.
Principal English Translation: 

(third person singular object indicator)

Attestations from sources in English: 

Can also appear as -qu-. E.g. tiquitta = you (singular) see him. Nictlazòtla = I love him/her. The -qu- appears at the beginning of a word if that stem begins with a consonant. The -c- is used if the word begins with a vowel. E.g. cāna = he seizes him/her.
Michel Launey, An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, translated and adapted by Christopher MacKay (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 26–27.