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nicnentlaza in cemilhuitl in ceyohual.

Headword: 
nicnentlaza in cemilhuitl in ceyohual.
Principal English Translation: 

to waste a whole day and night without accomplishing anything (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
nicnentlaza ycemilhuitl iceyoal, nicnentlaza ycemilhuitl iceyohual
Alonso de Molina: 

nicnentlaza ycemilhuitl iceyoal. (pret. onicnentlaz.) gastar el dia y la noche desaprouechadamente.
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.