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quentel cualli.

Headword: 
quentel cualli.
Principal English Translation: 

somewhat good, or a little better (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
quentel qualli
Alonso de Molina: 

quentel qualli. algun tanto bueno, o vmpoco mejor.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 89r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.