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telquetza.

Headword: 
telquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to stop (one who is walking), and be frightened, astounded, or to admire an incident or occurrence; to make one who is walking stop (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
telketsɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

telquetza. nino. (pret. oninotelquetz.) pararse el que camina, quedando espantado, pasmado, o admirado de algun acaecimiento.
telquetza. nite. (pret. onitetelquetz.) hazer parar al que camina.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 96v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.