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apizmiquiliztli.

Headword: 
apizmiquiliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

hunger, or the state of someone dying of hunger (see Molina and Siméon)

IPAspelling: 
ɑːpiːsmikilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

apizmiquiliztli. hambre.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 7r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

apizmiquiliztli s. v. Hambre, inanición, debilidad, estado de alguien que se está muriendo de hambre R. apizmiqui
Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana( 1977), 33.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine