noncua quixtia.

Headword:

noncua quixtia.

Principal English Translation:

to put something aside that one chooses for oneself; or, to remove something from it place (where it had been in order) (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

nonquaquixtia, noncuaquixtia, nonqua quixtia

Alonso de Molina:

nonquaquixtia. nitla. (pret. onitlanonquaquixti.) poner aparte porsi lo que se escoge, o sacar de regla general algo.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 73v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Cleanliness, Orderliness