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nahualcaqui.

Headword: 
nahualcaqui.
Principal English Translation: 

to meet (catch up) some one from time to time, and having an understanding of their mischief and what they caution (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
naualcaqui
IPAspelling: 
nɑːwɑlkɑki
Alonso de Molina: 

naualcaqui. nite. (pret. onitenaualcac.) alcanzar a otro decuenta, entendiendo sus cautelas y malicias.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 063r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.