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nelchihua.

Headword: 
nelchihua.
Orthographic Variants: 
nelchiua
IPAspelling: 
neltʃiːwɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

nelchiua. nino. (pret. oninonelchiuh.) tomar de burla lo ageno, y quedarse con ello.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 66v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.