thigh, leg (only attested in possessed form and in compounds) (see Karttunen)
Orthographic Variants:
-quēz
IPAspelling:
-keːs
Frances Karttunen:
-QUĒZ only attested in possessed form and in compounds thigh, leg / su muslo, su pierna (T,Z) [(5)Tp.133,156,(1)Zp.160]. This seems to be related to QUEXĪL-LI 'groin' but differs in vowel length in the first syllable. See QUEXĪL-LI. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 210.