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caquiztilia.

Headword: 
caquiztilia.
Principal English Translation: 

to expound, declare, gloss, or interpret something

IPAspelling: 
kɑkistiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

caquiztilia. nitla. (pret. onitlacaquiztili.) exponer, declarar, glosar o interpretar algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 12v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

CAQUIZTILIĀ vt to declare, explain something / exponer, declamar, atestigar, comentar, interpretar, anotar,explicar una cosa (S) [(1)Bf.5r]. See CAQU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 25.

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