to approve; literally, to see as good; or, for someone to please someone else (see Molina)
Orthographic Variants:
qualitta
Alonso de Molina:
qualitta. nite. (pret. onitequalittac.) parecerme bien, o agradarme alguna persona. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.
qualitta. nitla. (pret. onitlaqualittac.) agradarme algo assi. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.