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necahualiztli.

Headword: 
necahualiztli.
Principal English Translation: 

a farewell, or a leave taken by people going to another place, or the act of ceasing to make or build something (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
necaualiztli
IPAspelling: 
nekɑːwɑlistɬi
Alonso de Molina: 

necaualiztli. despedida, o apartamiento delos que se parten a algunos lugares, o el acto de cesar de hazer alguna obra.
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.