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necuilhuia.

Headword: 
necuilhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to trade or store the goods of another person; or, to take someone somewhere by going in a roundabout way(?) (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nekwilwiɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

necuilhuia. nitetla. (pret. onitetlanecuilhui.) tratar, o grangear con hazienda de otro, o lleuar a otro por rodeos a alguna parte.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 65r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Markets, Commerce, Economy