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tepan ninixquetza.

Headword: 
tepan ninixquetza.
Principal English Translation: 

to co-sign for someone in a purchase or invest in someone's estate (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

tepan ninixquetza. (pret. tepan oninixquetz.) salir por fiador de alguno, o abonarlo enla hazienda.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 102r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abonar a otro enla hazienda fiandole. tepan ninixquetza. nic nomamaltia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1v.

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