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nequilia.

Headword: 
nequilia.
IPAspelling: 
nekiliɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

nequilia. nic. (pret. onicnequili.) dessear algo a otro, o hazerle querer alguna cosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 69v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

NEQUILIĀ applic. NEQU(I).

NEQU(I) vt; pret: NEC to want or use something, to engage, accept, or want someone in some enterprise (M) / querer algo o gastar y emplear alguna cosa (M), admitir a otro para algún negocio (M) In construction with a verb in the future tense form, NEQU|I) means 'to want to ...' Used reflexively with an incorporated noun, NEQU(l) means 'to pretend to be…’
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 170.