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nezcalica.

Headword: 
nezcalica.
Principal English Translation: 

sanely, rationally, or prudently (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
neskɑlihkɑː
Alonso de Molina: 

nezcalica. cuerda o prudentemente. aduerbio.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 71v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

abilmente. yxtlamatca. nezcalica. Estos y los semejantes, nunca ase vsan sino en composicion. Exemplo. Niquixtlamatcachiua. hago algo don prudencia o abilmente.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1555, part 1, Spanish to Nahuatl, f. 1r.

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