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nequiltia.

Headword: 
nequiltia.
IPAspelling: 
nekiltiɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

nequiltia. nic. (pret. onicnequilti.) dessear algo a otro, o hazerle querer alguna cosa.
nequiltia. nicte. (pret. onictenequilti.) dessear algo a otro, o hazerle querer alguna cosa.
nequiltia. nicno. querer algo para si.
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: 

NEQUILTIĀ vt to want something for someone else or to make someone want something / desear algo a otro o hacerle querer alguna cosa (M) With the oblique reflexive this means 'to want something for oneself.' altern. caus. NEQU(I).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 170.