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necaliliztli.

Headword: 
necaliliztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a battle, fighting, warfare

IPAspelling: 
nehkɑlilistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

necaliliztli. batalla o pelea.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 064r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NEHCALILIZ-TLI battle, engagement, fight / batalla o pelea (M) [(3)Cf.21r,100r,107v]. M also has the shorter form necaliztli with the same sense. See (I)HCAL(l).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 161.

themes: 
War, Conflict