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quechmatelhuia.

Headword: 
quechmatelhuia.
Principal English Translation: 

to choke someone, putting one's hand on their throat (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

quechmatelhuia. nicte. (pret. onictequechmatelhui.) ahogar algo a otro, ponendo las manos enlos gaznates.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 88r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.