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quetzaltica chalchiuhtica nitlanextia.

Headword: 
quetzaltica chalchiuhtica nitlanextia.
Principal English Translation: 

to shine with precious stones and gems and other precious items that one might be adorned with (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

quetzaltica chalchiuhtica nitlanextia. (pret. quetzaltica chalchiuhtica onitlanexti.) resplandecer con piedras preciosas y joyas, o con otros arreos y atauios de que esta adornado, atauiadoy arreado.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 89r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments