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cuauhtica nemi, cuiltica nemi.

Headword: 
cuauhtica nemi, cuiltica nemi.
Principal English Translation: 

a farm worker or a commoner (see Molina); literally, someone who lives from the woods, from the plants

Orthographic Variants: 
quauhtica nemi, quiltica nemi.
Alonso de Molina: 

quauhtica nemi, quiltica nemi. labrador o maceual.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 87r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock raising
Labor, Work, Labor Concerns
Plants, Trees, Flora
See also: 
cuahuitl.
nemi.